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Click on the image to enlarge a photo of a daily shiur delivered by HaRav Pinchus Breuer Shlita, taking place for bochurim who have turned the Sadigura Beis Hamedresh in
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El Al on Monday is resuming service to four European destinations as the volcanic cloud is dissipating over those areas. The areas to which service is being renewed are Sophia,
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