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An Introduction to the Talmud

By Leib Schapiro

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Rabbi Leib Schapiro
Rabbi Leib Schapiro, a noted Talmudic scholar, is the dean of the Yeshiva Gedola Rabbinical College of Greater Miami, the rabbi of Congregation Beis Menachem, and a community leader in Miami Beach, Florida.

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