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<DIV>In a message dated 9/21/2011, meirabi@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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<LI class=MsoNormal><SPAN class=apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND: white; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN-GB>>> .....As a consequence learning Gemara is no longer
deemed to be valuable, critical and of core
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<DIV><BR></DIV>-- <BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>Meir G. Rabi</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>I will only comment on your last sentence. In the schools I went to,
students were strongly discouraged from learning Gemara, and as a result,
I have never done so. (I would not, however, deny that the study of
Gemara is of far greater value and core significance than the study of
humanoids.)</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><STRONG>--Toby Katz<BR>================</STRONG></FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_____________________
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