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The moon's message
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Jerusalem Post
01-11-2008
Headline: The moon's message
Byline: Rabbi Shlomo Riskin
Edition; Up Front
Section: Features
Page: 42
Friday, January 11, 2008 -- "The first glimmer of the new moon of this month [Nisan] shall be for you the festival of the beginning of the month, the first month of the year." (Exodus 12: 2)
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch understands this passage as being the first commandment given to the Jewish people, the comm...
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