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Oct 26, 2012 |
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| "Let Us Call the Lass, and Ask Her Opinion:" A Surprising Moment and an Astonishing Model of Orthodox Feminism (Chayyei Sarah 5781) |
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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| A Flirtation in Egypt |
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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| A Talmud Test |
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Nov 27, 2015 |
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| A Talmudic Motion to Retry the Snake |
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Oct 01, 2014 |
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| Abravanel, Avraham, and Monarchy |
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Oct 11, 2013 |
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| Affective Religious Rhetoric in Sober Perspective, or: A Shiur on Sermons |
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Dec 30, 2011 |
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| Akeidah Moments (Vayera 5779) |
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Oct 26, 2018 |
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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| Antidisestablishmentarianism: The Next Generation |
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Dec 17, 2010 |
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| Are Adam and Eve Modern Orthodox Role Models? (Bereshit 2016) |
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Oct 27, 2016 |
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Oct 12, 2018 |
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| Avraham, Yitzchak and Intermarriage |
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Nov 05, 2015 |
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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| Being Orthodox in the Present Requires Taking Responsibility for the Orthodox Past |
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Dec 31, 2009 |
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| Brain Death and Halakhah: A Footnote with Uncertain Implications (Miketz 2016) |
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Dec 29, 2016 |
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| Bully for Sodom (Vayera 2016) |
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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| Can One be Punished for Doing the Right Thing? |
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Nov 05, 2010 |
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| Can One Ever Really Ask an Eved for a Favor? (Chayei Sarah 5780) |
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Oct 24, 2013 |
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| Can there be Literature without Lashon Hora? A Reply to Cynthia Ozick |
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Dec 24, 2015 |
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| Can We Bless People for Choosing the Lesser Evil When the Good is Available? |
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Jan 06, 2012 |
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Dec 18, 2009 |
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Dec 21, 2018 |
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| Dayenu: A Thanksgiving Drashah |
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Dec 01, 2014 |
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| Did Avram Go for His Own Sake or for Gds |
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Oct 22, 2015 |
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| Die Another Day: Shakespeare. James Bond, and the Rav |
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Dec 16, 2015 |
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| Dignity in Exile and in Redemption |
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Dec 21, 2012 |
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| Dina Demalkhuta Dina vs. Civil Disobedience in Sodom |
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Nov 11, 2011 |
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| Do We Own Our Bodies? Halakhic and Aggadic Reflections |
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Oct 19, 2012 |
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| Does "It's Never Been Done" Imply "It Shouldn't Be Done?" (Lech Lecha 2016) |
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Nov 10, 2016 |
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Nov 09, 2018 |
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| Does Halakhah Value Emotional Health and Ordinary Human Relationships? (Lech Lecha 5781) |
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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| Dreaming of Puns, Sheepishly (Vayetze 2016) |
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Dec 09, 2016 |
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| Drinking Eyes and Kissing Ewes (Vayetze 5778) |
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Nov 24, 2017 |
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| Esav Shrugged (Vayishlach 5779) |
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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| Getting To Yes: How Yitzchak and Avimelekh Moved from Hatred to Covenant |
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Nov 25, 2011 |
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| Grave Differences |
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Dec 29, 2014 |
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| Halakhah and Change: A Dvar Torah lilui nishmat Rav Gedalia Dov Schwartz ztl |
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Nov 11, 2010 |
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Nov 16, 2018 |
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| How to Teach Halakhah: From the Transcript of an Ongoing Podcast (Vayishlach 5778) |
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Dec 01, 2017 |
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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Oct 14, 2015 |
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| If Sarah Imeinu had Died in Pittsburgh (Chayei Sarah 5779) |
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Nov 02, 2018 |
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Oct 07, 2010 |
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| Is Halakhah Always Law? Thoughts About Aggadic Aging, Morality, and Mortality (Vayigash 5777) |
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Jan 05, 2017 |
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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| Is Rashi Still Necessary? A Reflection on the Occasion of Not Finishing Shas, Again (Vayigash 5780) |
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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Dec 06, 2012 |
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Dec 28, 2012 |
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Dec 23, 2014 |
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Nov 16, 2012 |
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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| Majority Rule and Disputed Elections: An Intrahalakhic Perspective (Vayetze 5781) |
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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| Mercy, Justice, and Responsibility: Toward a New Reading of the Creation Stories |
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Oct 21, 2009 |
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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Nov 13, 2009 |
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Dec 09, 2010 |
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| Murder by Midrash |
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Nov 10, 2014 |
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| Murder by Midrash: The Case of the Disappearing Father |
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Oct 29, 2010 |
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| Noach 5774 |
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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| Noach and Global Warming (Noach 2016) |
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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| Noach: A High School Seminar Transcript (Noach 5778) |
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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| Of Mice and People (Vayigash 5778) |
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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| On Omnisignificance and Redundancy, or" Why was Yishmael Circumcised? |
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Oct 13, 2010 |
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| On the Affinity between Reason and Mysticism |
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Nov 26, 2010 |
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| On the Divine"If", or: The Disadvantages of Tzidkut: |
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Nov 23, 2012 |
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| On the Human "If", or: The Distinctive Tzidkut of Yaakov Avinu |
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Nov 27, 2009 |
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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| Open Book - Miketz |
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| Open Book - Miketz |
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| Open Book - Vayigash |
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| Open Book: Chayyei Sarah |
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| Open Book: Lekh Lekha |
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| Open Book: Toldot |
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| Open Book: Vayera |
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| Open Book: Vayeshev |
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| Open Book: Vayetze |
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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| Parshat Vayeitzei 5783 |
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| Parshat Vayeshev 5783 |
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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| Parshat Vayigash 5783 |
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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| Parshat Vayigash 5783 |
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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| Parshat Vayishlach 5783 |
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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| Peace with Security: Psychopolitical Meditations on Yitzchak's Meditations (Toldot 2016) |
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Dec 02, 2016 |
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| Piety and Hard Choices, or: Why Yitzchak Could Not Choose His Own Wife |
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Nov 09, 2012 |
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| Rabbi Moshe Simkovich on Akedah |
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Oct 29, 2015 |
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Dec 10, 2009 |
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Dec 08, 2017 |
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| Reverse Kutim? Thoughts on Kashrut, Credibility, and Pluralism |
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Nov 18, 2011 |
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| Review of "With Might and Strength: An Autobiography" by Rabbi Shlomo Goren (Vayeshev 2016) |
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Dec 23, 2016 |
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| Sermon Vayeshev |
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Nov 30, 2010 |
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| She Said He Said and the Joseph Story |
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Dec 04, 2015 |
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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Oct 29, 2015 |
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Dec 04, 2010 |
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Dec 23, 2011 |
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Oct 12, 2012 |
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Oct 30, 2009 |
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Oct 19, 2018 |
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Nov 30, 2012 |
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Nov 20, 2015 |
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Oct 17, 2013 |
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Oct 21, 2014 |
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Oct 21, 2010 |
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Dec 03, 2009 |
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Oct 27, 2014 |
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Oct 31, 2014 |
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Nov 02, 2012 |
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Nov 18, 2014 |
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Nov 16, 2017 |
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Nov 24, 2016 |
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Dec 25, 2009 |
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Dec 28, 2017 |
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Dec 16, 2011 |
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Dec 09, 2011 |
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Nov 04, 2011 |
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Sep 29, 2010 |
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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Dec 02, 2011 |
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Dec 16, 2016 |
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Nov 25, 2014 |
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Dec 06, 2013 |
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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