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…Left: While others study with partners, Andrey Bezhosov, Chaim Zeiler, Yaakov Braver, Gari Krupnik, Yosef David Rothbart and Moshe Weiss participate in a discussion led by Rabbi Shrnuel Zimmerman. Below: Sixth-grader Asriel Stewart helps first grader Shlomo Zvi Muszkat get through the Torah portion. Bottom: First-grader Tzvi Shimon Ungar pairs up with sixth-grader David Shumenov. …
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