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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/20/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Newman,Saul Z</b> <<a href="mailto:Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org">Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><font face="Courier New" size="2">in case the geula comes this week, see the halacha column in yated. here is</font> <br><font face="Courier New" size="2">his take on birchos mashiach----</font> <br><font face="Courier New" size="2">
...</font><font face="Courier New" size="2">5. Immediately after reciting this bracha, we will recite the bracha,</font> <br><font face="Courier New" size="2">&quot;Baruch Atah Hashem Elokeinu Melech Ha'olam shechalak mei'chachmaso
</font> <br><font face="Courier New" size="2">lirei'av.&quot;</font></p></div></blockquote>
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<div>Is this necessarily the case? Was Bar Kochva, for example, eligible for the bracha of shechalak meichachmaso?</div>
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<div>Methinks this halacha is slightly loaded politically....</div>
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<div>KT,</div>
<div>Michael</div><br> </div>