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Music In the words of the Torah and the music of Toto and Peter Gabriel, now is the season of renewal
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Elke Bentley, 18, read the whole Babylonian Talmud five years faster than the traditional reading cycle, which is usually the domain of men
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Culture Talmudic wisdom holds Trump to a higher standard than the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court just granted Trump presidential immunity, but the Talmud held leaders to a higher standard
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