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The Purpose of Mitzvos

The Purpose of Mitzvos

by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer · August 26, 2020

A Toras Dovid (formerly Ohr Somayach) shiur on the Ramban on Ken Tzippor in Parashas Key Teitzei.

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Posted on August 26, 2020 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

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