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…TORAHPORTION Palace Poxed Shabbat Vaera: Exodus 6:2-9:35; Numbers 28:9-15; Isaiah 66:1-24. W hat does it take to reduce As in Mesoamerica, it seems that a dominant civilization illness and infestation played a from its zenith of military larger role than did any conventional and economic might to utter defeat? weapons in the defeat of Egypt. But This question is posed by Charles C. the Exodus narrative is meant to be Mann in his remarkable...…

















































