I. OPINION OF THE RAMBAM

A. Pro or Against

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For Zohran Mamdani, peace cannot come to the Middle East without the end of a Jewish presence. Does he feel the same way about New York?

I am known

The month of Tishrei, filled with Yamim Tovim, has passed, and we are now beginning the month of Cheshvan, which has none. Why doesn’t Cheshvan have

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