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The Counting of the Jews





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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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Posted: Nov 3, 2009
counting of leveim
when moshe was counting the leviem he leaves out Aaron and his sons why were they not counted?
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