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The Four Parshiot

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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	The Four Parshiot
In the weeks prior to Pesach we read from the Torah special parshiot in addition to the weekly parshah; here we examine the order of these readings. (51:12)

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	2 of Sivan
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	10 of Tevet
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The significance of Purim Kattan; the semi-festive day celebrated on a Jewish leap year in the first Adar. Play (43:57)