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THE REVELATION OF
G-DLINESS IN THE
WORLD, IN NISSAN
From Chapter Six of Rabbi Shloma Majeskis
Likkutei Mekoros (Underlined text is the
compilers emphasis.)
Translated by Boruch Merkur
6. [] This concept is
underscored by the birth of
Moshe (on the seventh of Adar),
as our Sages point out, At
the moment Moshe was born,
the entire home was filled with
light, meaning that the birth
of Moshe brought about light
(the revelation of G-dliness)
throughout the entire home
(i.e., within natural, worldly
experience).
This
idea
is
further
emphasized in Moshes service
of G-d, as well as the deeds
he did throughout his lifespan
(the potential for which was
established on the day of
his birth, on the seventh of
Adar). That is, in assembling
the Mishkan, Moshe brought
about the primary and principle
hamshacha (manifestation) and
revelation of G-dliness in the
world, as stated in the Midrash:
When Rosh Chodesh Nissan
arrived and the Alm-ghty
commanded the Jewish people
to assemble the Mishkan (the
Jewish people were saying, We
have constructed the Mishkan,
but when will the Shchina come
and rest amidst the work of our
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not rest within it. There still
was not the manifestation and
revelation of G-dliness within
the physical world; the G-dly
manifestation and revelation
still transcended the world, in
a manner of Adir bamarom
Hashem G-d is mighty On
High.
The main hamshacha and
revelation in the physical world
from assembling the Mishkan
in a permanent manner
and with the presence of the
Shchina took place on Rosh
Chodesh Nissan (yom hashmini
lamiluim, the eighth day of
initiating the Mishkan), and it
was drawn down through the
inauguration of the Mishkan by
the Nsiim of the Jewish people
throughout the twelve days from
NOTES:
*And in Shir HaShirim Rabba
5:1: Rebbi Menachem the son
in-law of Rebbi Elazar son of
Avuna said in the name of Rebbi
Shimon son of Yosana this
alludes to the ultimate expression
of the resting of the Shchina
within the physical world
brought about by (the first
redeemer is) the final redeemer
Menachem is his name
(Sanhedrin 98b).
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Kodesh of Parshas Tetzaveh, 7, 10,
and 11 Adar Rishon 5751; Seifer
HaSichos 5751, pg. 400-401)
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HAKHEL
DOES NOT
DISCRIMINATE
By Rabbi Gershon Avtzon
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FEATURE
Every week, R Nadav Cohen, author of GPS for the Soul, has people gather
for Hakhel gatherings via teleconference. He hosts a popular speaker, mashpia
or interesting Chassidic personality. * These gatherings make a great impact
on the listeners and many of them report changes they made in their lives. *
How did this original idea start? How great is its impact? What does R Nadav
recommend you do in this Shnas Hakhel to carry out the Rebbes wishes?
By Menachem Ziegelboim. Photos by Dovi Gurewitz
Nadav Cohen is
familiar to many
people for his book,
Modaat
Yehudit
(and his English book, GPS for
the Soul). He speaks daily on a
popular radio program which is
regularly heard by hundreds of
thousands of people, in which he
conveys the main idea of the daily
portion of Tanya.
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HELLO,
HAKHEL
HERE,
CAN YOU
HEAR ME?
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could listen to it while working or
while traveling.
Every day I reach tens of
thousands of people who receive
the shiur every morning. I get
comments from all over the
world, including Austria, New
Zealand, Brazil, France, and
Italy.
We are talking about a vast
and fascinating range of people
who tell me that they are in the
middle of a trip or at work, or
they live far away. They listen to
the shiurim on their phone and
enjoy it. They also forward it to
others. Someone once told me
that he forwards the daily shiur
to about two thousand people
every day! Thats the advantage
of our times that we can easily
achieve mass distribution and all
with a click of a button. R Shimi
Goldstein, shliach in Pushkar,
India, told me that a mekurav
from Eretz Yisroel told him that
he listens to a shiur every day on
WhatsApp. He said, I cannot
start my day without these
shiurim.
THOUSANDS OF
PARTICIPANTS IN THE
PHONE HAKHEL
As successful as R Cohens
project is, you cant remain
standing in one place; you have
to constantly move forward. He
started getting requests from
people who arent satisfied
with the short daily shiur. They
wanted
additional
spiritual
fortification. The spiritual thirst
today is tremendous, he says.
R Cohen started giving
shiurim before holidays or special
dates. Now and then he also
made the shiurim longer but he
realized this was not the answer.
One day, someone told
him about a teleconferencing
system. A Geula system, he
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Weitzhandler,
of
the
Chabad yeshiva in Rishon
LTziyon, and we spoke
about various aspects of
Hakhel. After seven long
years, it was necessary
to learn the topic of
Hakhel again in order to
experience it. I asked him
whether in the present era,
when the modern world
progressed with giant steps
since 5748, should we
suffice with the Hakhel
membership cards that
the Rebbe initiated that
year, or could we gather
people together with the
means currently available
to us like WhatsApp,
teleconferencing, etc. Are
these methods considered
equivalent to the means the
Rebbe specified?
He surprised me when
he said that the Rebbe
referred to this too. The
Rebbe did not leave
anything unclear when
it came to Hakhel. He
quoted the Rebbe from
a sicha of Sukkos 5748,
In distant places (to a chutza
beyond which there is no chutza
in the whole world) Hakhel can
be done with the telephone and
radio too, thus reaching even
a Jew at the end of the world,
chutza physically and all the
more so, spiritually.
That year, the telephone
and radio were the most up
to date means of hafatza and
the Rebbe approved of making
Hakhel gatherings that way. It
is on condition that you cannot
gather people in the usual way,
in distant places.
I was reminded of this when
I spoke with R Nadav Cohen. I
couldnt help but be impressed
by his ability to harness
technological advances for the
Rebbes projects.
R Cohen remarked that the
interview with R Weitzhandler
in Beis Moshiach made a great
impact on him. I realized that
with Hakhel it is not enough
to tell everyone that we are in
a Hakhel year; you need to
actually gather them together
and talk to them about fear of
heaven. R Weitzhandler also
spoke about Hakhel cards,
and about keeping in touch
with people. Thanks to this, I
intensified all the hafatza I do
via email with the understanding
that keeping regularly in touch
with people in the ways they are
used to, is the way to gather them
today and is the way to reach
them to strengthen their yiras
Shamayim.
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SHLICHUS
TFILLIN
IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE JUNGLE
Admit it; you have never heard of a family, parents and four children
(today six), who go off on shlichus to a forsaken hole in the wall in
southern Mexico on the border of Guatemala. This is precisely what R
Oren and Einat Raz did when they went on shlichus to S Cristobol to
prepare another part of the world to greet Moshiach.
By Nosson Avrohom
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FACING DANGER
The Raz family, Oren, Einat
and their six children, have
been on shlichus for five years.
Oren was born in Petach Tikva
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local guides constantly chewed
on hallucinogenic leaves so we
could not communicate normally
and they themselves could not
say where we were. Instead of
helping they became a burden.
There we were in the midst of the
terrifying jungle without a guide
and without food. From that
point on we used our survival
skills to remain alive. We drank
from streams and ate whatever
we could find. As the days passed
we truly believed that we would
not get out of the jungle alive.
continue traveling.
The itch to travel and feel
free was still strong. I loved the
feeling of being a backpacker
with everything I needed on my
back. I was looking for more
adventures. Today I know that
my neshama was crying out, but
back then it was expressed in the
desire to travel.
Right after Bolivia I made a
short visit to my parents in Eretz
Yisroel and from there I flew back
to Washington where I worked at
a mall in Seattle. For days I sat
in malls with pushcarts selling
Israeli products. I had hardly
any customers so I would sit and
write. I filled entire notebooks
in which I wrote my insights on
life. I really felt my mind opening
up.
The one who interrupted this
ideal situation was my manager
who was shocked by the pennies
I had made. He asked me to set
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hospitality
is
and
really
accompanied us every step of our
journey.
They
returned
to
the
Shomron where Oren worked on
the Givat Olam farm in Itamar in
marketing.
It was clear to us from when
we first started getting interested
in Chabad that we wanted to
dedicate ourselves to shlichus like
the shluchim we met. The light of
Chassidus we discovered is what
we wanted to pass on to others.
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Shlichus
WITH NO PRECONDITIONS
After five years on shlichus, Oren and Einat
Raz can look back and feel good about their
accomplishments. They have an active Chabad House
in a spacious building in the center of town; they run a
kosher restaurant, a store for kosher products, have an
array of Jewish programs, shiurim, tfillos, and many
personal encounters.
But the beginning was very hard. Until two years
ago, we lived in a rickety wooden building. We ran the
Chabad House from that small house. Our financial
situation was also terrible and our programs ran on
miracles.
One morning, my wife woke up and told me about
an amazing dream she had. In her dream she saw
herself in 770 receiving a bracha from the Rebbe for
our finances. Later on, she went to a hall in Crown
Heights with irreligious Jews going in, and following
her was a Lubavitcher woman. The woman told my
wife that she was from a very wealthy family and she
would help our Chabad House.
As Chassidim, we know that dreams are nonsense
except dreams about the Rebbe. So we expected
salvation. The unbelievable occurred. A good friend
from Mexico City called us. He told me about a local,
wealthy family that is close with the governor of the
State of Mexico. This wealthy family was going to
visit him and be his guest and the friend was calling
to ask whether he could bring all of them to eat at the
Chabad House.
I told him where we live and what our financial
situation is and we agreed that this would be a
good opportunity to ask the family to support the
Chabad House. On the afternoon of the second day
of Chanuka, we got a phone call from the familys
secretary, saying they were on their way. He had a
list of special requests regarding the food that the
family wanted. We worked hard to prepare a meal
fit for a king. They came three hours later, a convoy
of expensive cars with security guards brandishing
The learning and bond with us
had gotten him back on track.
One day, he passed by a
restaurant run by an Israeli and
he met a fellow there whom I
knew, who was eating with a
non-Jewish woman. Without
thinking about it much, he went
over to him and began chastising
him for cutting himself off from
automatic weapons.
The family entered our home, the grandparents,
grandchildren, all Sephardic Jews, and the mother
of the then newly elected governor and her husband
(who were not Jewish). When the mother of the family
walked in and saw the picture of the Rebbe, she smiled
and said, I belong to Lubavitch. I was happy to hear
this and thought, my wifes dream is coming true.
After enjoying the meal, the father said he was going
to donate a building to us that would be suitable for
our activities and he would also help us open a kosher
restaurant.
I heard these promises and decided not to make
any requests. During the meal we spoke about a Jewish
center that we planned on opening in the center of
town which would house a Chabad House and shul.
The mother of the governor promised that the permits
would be given. Before they returned to Mexico City,
they promised to keep in touch. My wife and I were
happy that things were beginning to fall into place.
Ten days went by and I got a phone call from
the familys rabbi. He told me how enthusiastic they
were about us and were going to do everything they
promised. However, they had two conditions that
horrified me. They were conditions that contradicted
the very shlichus we were there to do. Of course we
said no thanks to their donation. That wasnt an easy
test and it felt really bad to have missed out, but I
quickly encouraged myself by thinking this was a test
and the Rebbe would help us.
Indeed, the Rebbe came through for us and a few
months later other wealthy Jews learned about our
work and they donated generously. Thanks to them we
opened a big Jewish center where we run a meat and
vegetarian restaurant. We have a shul, an auditorium
for events, a kosher store and a place to write to the
Rebbe. Whatever that first family promised us, we got
thanks to other wealthy Jews.
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JOY
AS THE KEY
TO INNER
FREEDOM
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does and all actions by which he
expresses his bond with Hashem
must be done with joy. Simcha is
not a mitzva of a particular time
or a particular place; it applies to
all times and all places.
This is reflected in Thillim
where it says, serve Hashem
with joy, come before him with
song. Simcha enables us to
approach Hashem and to feel
His presence. The Rambam
says this clearly: The joy that a
person has in rejoicing in doing
a mitzva and in the love for
G-d who commanded them is a
great service and there is no
greatness and honor except to
rejoice before Hashem.
Regarding prophecy, the
Rambam mentions what the prior
conditions are, without which one
cannot receive prophecy. These
conditions epitomize human
perfection. Prophecy does not
rest except upon someone very
wise, strong of character, whose
inclination does not overcome
him in anything in the world;
rather, he always overcomes his
inclination with his mind. And
yet, he emphasizes, Prophecy
does not rest in sadness nor in
laziness; rather in joy. Prophecy
is associated with the revelation
of the Shchina within a person
and this is impossible unless the
person is happy.
This idea is also seen with
the Beis HaMikdash which is
the permanent home for G-d
as it says, Strength and joy in
its place. What characterized
the house of G-d was simcha.
The Levites sang joyously and
were accompanied by musical
instruments.
The same applies to time.
Shabbos, the sanctified day of
the week, and the holidays which
are holier than the rest of the
days of the year, are days of joy,
for simcha draws us close to our
Father in heaven.
Not only is simcha a critical
component in avodas Hashem,
but in a certain sense, service
of Hashem with joy can be
considered loftier than all other
forms of service of Hashem.
Why is simcha required in
every situation? Why is it a
comprehensive mitzva unlike
other mitzvos?
Because simcha is not a
localized mitzva simcha enables
a bond with G-d on the most
complete level. When a person
does an ordinary mitzva he
does not necessarily transcend
his ego. For example, when a
person gives tzdaka, true he
forwent his money and gave it
away, but that does not mean
he has transcended himself
completely. Often a person feels
satisfied that he gave tzdaka; his
ego is still playing a role.
This is true for all other
mitzvos; they do not necessarily
raise him up above himself. This
can even be said about love for
Hashem, because love needs to
be a feeling and not merely an
abstract thought, and just as
with any emotional connection, a
person senses his own being.
Simcha, on the other hand,
by its very essence, requires a
person to transcend himself. The
only way a person can truly feel
simcha is when he is completely
free of himself. If he is not willing
to forgo his sense of self there
will always remain something
that pressures him. As long as a
person is thinking about himself,
his worries whether material or
spiritual will prevent him from
being happy. It is only when a
person leaves his ego behind and
connects to Hashem that he can
think about genuine happiness.
This idea relates to the
statement of our Rebbeim,
simcha poretz geder. When
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It brings out infinite inner
energy which enables us to
break out beyond our problems,
weaknesses and limitations. It
unleashes our creativity and gives
us strength to live life effectively,
and consistently move from one
peak achievement to another.
Simcha poretz geder
what is this fence-breaking we
are talking about?
The breaking forth is
beyond anything we can think
of, not just in the physical sense
as mentioned before, or the
emotional sense, but also in the
heavenly spheres. When a person
is truly happy and sees things in a
positive light, he creates simcha
in the upper worlds, as in the
saying from the Baal Shem Tov,
know that what is above is
from you. What occurs above is
according to your actions down
below. If you are happy then you
create simcha up above.
This creates a cycle the
simcha that you have down
below generates simcha up
above, and the simcha up above
does not remain there but flows
outward and brings joy to many
others down below. When we
are in a happy frame of mind,
whether for a material or spiritual
reason, we bring simcha not only
for ourselves but also for our
families and all those around us.
And as we explained earlier, the
simcha is not passive potential;
on the contrary, simcha poretz
geder and batters down all the
blockages and difficulties that
stand in a persons way.
A person who is happy rises
above all his limitations and
weaknesses. He can do things
that he cannot ordinarily do. He
can forgive his worst enemy. His
joy engenders an inner force that
breaks forth and shatters every
barrier that stands in its way.
The same thing occurs
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other?
First, just as simcha is a
general mitzva that needs to be
incorporated within every mitzva
and deed a person does, the same
is true for the Geula, as the Rebbe
said in a sicha, that everything
needs to be permeated with the
intention to hasten the Geula.
Furthermore, in a sicha from
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A SHUL AGAINST
ALL ODDS!
By Menachem Ziegelboim
PART I
The communist regime rose
to power in Russia after a bloody
civil war between the Whites and
the Reds that lasted three years.
It did not immediately oppose
religion. At first they announced
the separation between religion
and the state and made religion
the private business of individual
citizens.
However, the communist
party
considered
religion
primitive and something to
oppose. In the first stage,
they promoted anti-religious
propaganda in the newspapers
and youth clubs, and wherever
else they could. The communist
PART II
It wasnt only in central
Russia that Jews were persecuted,
but also those living in distant
sections of the Soviet Union such
as Uzbekistan, Georgia and other
parts of the Soviet Union. The
Chassid, R Nachum Shmarya
Sasonkin was the rav of the city
Batum in Georgia at that time.
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PART III
Then came the order from the
communist regime to close the
one shul in Oni. The communists
also ordered to confiscate the
sifrei Torah and holy books and
bring them to a museum while
the shul building was to be turned
into a youth club.
Although the Jews were
simple, gentle people, they were
horrified to hear that the holy
house of G-d that had been
their second home, would be
transformed into a secular place.
They decided that this would
never happen and the shul would
not be closed.
On the appointed day for the
shuls closing, no Jews went to
work. All the Jewish residents
gathered around the shul and
when the soldiers came with their
studded boots to close it, they
rose as one and did not allow
them to do their work. They
stood in the doorway like a wall
and did not allow the soldiers to
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PARSHA THOUGHT
PARITY
By Rabbi Heschel Greenberg
CONFLUENCE OF EVENTS
One of the most important
days of the year is Rosh Chodesh
(the first day of the month of)
Nissan which is the subject of the
beginning of this weeks parsha.
In most years this parsha is read
after Passover. This year, because
an extra leap year month has been
added, this parsha is read the
Shabbos before Rosh Chodesh
Nissan. The confluence of events
(reading the parsha discussing
the events of Rosh Chodesh
Nissan in close proximity to that
day) compels us to reflect on the
importance of this day.
Prior to the exodus from
Egypt,
on
Rosh
Chodesh
Nissan, G-d informed Moshe
of their liberation and the
laws concerning the very first
Paschal offering. In addition,
G-d revealed to Moshe how the
Jewish calendar is based on the
sighting of the new moon, which
establishes that day as the first of
the month. In addition, as noted
above, the Jewish calendar also
adds an extra month every few
years to make up for the disparity
between a lunar year (12x29
days = 364 days) and the
solar year (365 days). This way,
Passover is always guaranteed to
occur in the spring as the Torah
requires.
But, this is not the first of
Nissan the Torah discusses in
this weeks parsha. Here it refers
to the next years first of Nissan,
MOONLIGHTING
The removal of disparity
between the solar and the
lunar systems is far more than
a technical adjustment to the
calendar. It also relates to the
prophecy that in the Messianic
Age the moons light will be
equal to the sun, as mentioned in
the sanctification of the moon
prayer we recite each month:
May it be Your will, G-d my
G-d and G-d of my fathers, to
fill the defect of the moon so that
there be no diminution in it, and
may the light of the moon be as
the light of the sun, as the light of
the Seven Days of Creation, as it
was before it was diminished, as
it is said: And G-d made the two
great luminaries.
This prayer alludes to
the Midrashic account of the
creation of the sun and the moon.
Initially, they were created equal,
but when the moon argued that
two kings cannot wear the same
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THE PARADOX
The question now reverses
itself. Why would G-d want
to
introduce
and
impose
imperfection on the world?
The answer lies in our very
reason to exist. G-d created us
to be sensitive to the injustices in
the world and its imperfections
and struggle to correct them.
In truth, when Moshiach
ushers in the final Redemption,
all the past suffering and pain will
cease. Moreover, we will then see
all of the past pain in a completely
different light. We will be able to
finally understand, in hindsight,
why everything happened the way
it did, and how everything fit into
G-ds perfect Master Plan.
But why doesnt G-d reveal
to us the secret behind all of the
suffering now? Why have the
greatest prophets and leaders,
from Moshe, Yirmiyahu, Iyov
and countless others through the
ages, asked to understand the
reason for all the suffering and
came up short?
In a now famous, powerful
and emotional talk the Rebbe
explained that if G-d would
reveal to us now why there is
suffering, we would not feel the
pain of others; we would make
peace with it and not be moved
to do anything to change it. G-d
wants us to be sensitive to the
others pain and not look for
ways of rationalizing it away.
G-DS ATONEMENT
MISHKAN DEDICATION:
GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
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been raised, how could it have
been that the very first Rosh
Chodesh sacrifice in history was
ineffective?
The contemporary Chassidic
commentary, Emunas Itecha,
provides an interesting solution
to this problem in light of the
foregoing analysis of G-ds need
for atonement.
As mentioned, Rosh Chodesh
highlights the disparity between
the sun and the moon, the source
of everything that is broken in
our world. Furthermore, the very
purpose of that Divinely ordained
disparity was for us to reverse it.
G-d wants us to restore that light
and remove the disparity and the
pain and suffering that exists as
a consequence of the moons
diminution. In Messianic times
that effort will come to fruition.
When the Mishkan was built
and dedicated on Rosh Chodesh
Nissan there was not just a
nice and uplifting celebration.
It provided the Jewish people
with a taste or sample of the
future rectification of the
diminution of the moon and of
all its consequences. That first
Rosh Chodesh did not need
the atonement and correction
because for that one day they
experienced
the
Messianic
perfection.
Lest we think that pain and
suffering will never come to
an end and that we can at best
only manage it, we were given
a powerful lesson on that Rosh
Chodesh. There was no need to
partake of the sacrifice to affect
atonement for G-ds creation of
disparity because that situation
will be corrected in the end of
days.
The dedication occurred
on the eighth day (after seven
days of preparation), which is
the very name of the parsha.
Commentators emphasize that
the number eight is representative
of
the
future
Messianic
Age
because
the
number
eight
represents
transcendence.
In that Age we
will transcend the
Divinely
instituted
pattern of disparity
that became a part of
nature.
One may add that
the dedication of the
Mishkan not only
provided us with a
vision of and hope
for the future but
also the inspiration,
resources and power
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CHANALE, D ONT
FORGET TO LIGHT
By Nechama Bar
the
hurry!
Hurry,
Nazi guards urged on the
unfortunate Jews. It was hours
already that all the Jews of
the town, men, women and
children, had been walking
in the freezing cold to some
unknown destination. They had
been forced to leave their homes
and possessions behind, along
with all the nice memories
of the good days before the
horrific war. Each one took
a small bundle containing his
most essential items so as not
to be overburdened on the long
journey.
After many hours, the
(surviving) Jews arrived at a
train station. They were in pain,
starving, and terrified. They did
not know what awaited them
but braced themselves for the
worst. They had heard rumors
of trains that took Jews to
places from which they never
returned.
Little Chanale was on this
terrible march. Near her were
her mother, sisters and her
good friend, Leahle, with
her family. Being next to
her mother gave her a bit of
confidence in the face of the
terrifying German soldiers.
had
Germans
The
train
entire
the
nded
surrou
station where masses of Jews
had been gathered for days.
The Germans gave them just
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