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<div><font color="#333333">See here for some interesting thoughts on how local culture impacted the Bavli:</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://kotzkblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/197-babylonian-influences-on-babylonian_72.html"><font face="Tahoma" size="2" color="#0065BD"><span style="font-size:10pt;"><u>https://kotzkblog.blogspot.com/2018/10/197-babylonian-influences-on-babylonian_72.html</u></span></font></a></span></font></div>
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<div><font color="#333333">Me-Yet R’ Ellman would not ( at least when I asked him) say that any of these insights should impact the halachic process today. definite food for thought</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:11pt;">KT<br>
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