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Translated by Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com [PLEASE NOTE: THE TRANSLATOR CHECKED WITH RAV EDELSTEIN SHLITA THIS MORNING WHO SAID THAT THE LETTER APPLIES TO AMERICANS AS WELL] With the
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