What to Expect Next Week

Sunday, June 13 5th/6th Shiurim.

Tuesday, June 15

Kindergarten Graduations – Boys – 9:10 Girls – 11:00

Kindergartners dismissed after Graduation until August 30.

Wednesday, June 16 5G production (for women) of One Hundred Dresses

at 9:30 in Room 260. Last day in Torah School careers for Sixth Graders.

12:00 Dismissal. Sixth Grade Graduation at 8:00 at SEHC.

Mincha at 7:45.

Thursday, June 17 Last day of school for 1st - 5th graders.

12:00 Dismissal.

Erev Shabbos Parashas Korach June 11, 2010 Licht Bentchen: 8:16 Volume XVI, Issue 37

Dear Parents, Thank G-d, we can open with a positive report. Rabbi Samberg is home, on the way to recovery, and greatly appreciative of everyone’s Tefillos, Talmud Torah, assistance, and good wishes. He looks forward (as we all do) to his greeting all incoming Third Graders on August 30.

With only 1 Sunday and 2 full and 2 half days left in our school year, we are still studying, playing, planning, preparing, practicing, and celebrating at a feverish pitch, both in and out of our building. The most exciting event of the week was:

Chemdas Trip #14 Thursday’s 3rd-6th Chemdas trip was a rousing success, B’H. It was, as you all know, the culmination of many hundreds of hours of Talmud Torah

and study of basic, essential Torah knowledge. The over 100 boys and girls who went were rewarded in a very fine fashion. The morning started with Rabbi Kreiser speaking to the kids about the significance of their accomplishments, and the main attractions were the varied activities in Jamestown and at Go Karts Plus. They even arrived at school 30 minutes early. Special words of HaKaras HaTov go to Rabbi Hoffman for his year-long coordination of this extremely valuable and exciting program, to our entire staff for encouraging and testing the kids, to all parents for assisting their children, to anyone who helped in any way, to our PTA for underwriting the busses, to Mr. and Mrs. Nechemia Mond and Mr. and Mrs. Mordechai Hyatt for sponsoring the program in memory of Yehuda Mond, Z’L, to our wonderful office staff, and to the following chaperones who really made it happen: Rabbi Biberfeld, Miss Rachel Eisenberg, Mrs. Elaine Rubin, Mrs. Yael Cortell, Mrs. Mara Sanders, Miss Leah Sanders, Mr. Ronnie Bergman ( who is Chemdas Chaperone Emeritus), Rabbi Danny Kramer, Miss Shirah Charner, Miss Devorah Stimler, Miss Tova Tolchinsky, Miss Dina Teitelbaum, Miss Tzippy Feldman, and Miss Natalia Young. We are, above all, grateful to the Ribono

Shel Olam for Hatzlacha in this endeavor and for bringing everyone home healthy and safe. The following email was sent to Rabbi Feldman after last week’s Chemdas Jr. trip:

Rabbi: I am glad everyone had a great time. My staff commented on how friendly and well behaved the children were. That is not something we are used to around here. Thank you for thinking of us this year. I hope your group will be able to visit us again soon.

1B Story Festival

Another outstanding program was presented by 1B on Wednesday and occurred within the confines of our building (i.e. we didn’t have to travel to Virginia). The following is the synopsis of the producer/director/creator/educator (A.K.A. Mrs. Evans):

The Cat in the Hat, Anakin Skywalker and other literary characters visited Story Festival, a parent program sponsored by the First Grade Boys, on Wednesday, June 9.  Art, costumes, author study and recipes were all elements of this live‐action book review project. Each boy read a self‐selected book, wrote a comprehensive review identifying story elements, and then prepared an additional reader response to share with the group.   Art work included posters, collage, dioramas, sculpture, puppets, costumes, props and a decorated cake.  Guest performers included Jack from the Magic Tree House series, Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars, a soldier from The Last Pair of Shoes, Flick from A Bug’s Life and The Cat in the Hat himself (accompanied by Thing One and Thing Two).  Thanks to the boys for their hard work, to parents for their support, to the Shimoff family for the refreshments and to Miss Stimler for photography and tech support.  

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Most importantly, we thank Mrs. Evans for another creative, cross-curricular, multi-dimensional, fun-filled, learning-filled unit. 

Report Card Plans G-d willing, third trimester report cards will be mailed to you by July 7. This later-than-usual date is due to some personal business I have immediately after school ends.

Middah Alert Today we had our last (of 2009-2010) 3M (Monthly Middometer Medalist) presentations, preceded by our annual June over-the-speaker-system virtual assembly. Students were singled out for being careful to avoid Ona’as Devarim, using words that hurt others. As we’ve written in recent weeks, we have utilized the materials from a Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation unit on this topic.

The following were the chosen: KG Esther Feldman Hadassah Edinger Johanna Robinson Kayla Eisenberg 3B Zicey Hollander Yoav Cohn Rena Koretzky Baruch Cortell Rivka Tehilla Lichtenstein Eitan Edinger KB Aharon Feldman Aaron Hallivis Sruli Pollock Gavriel Merkin Avromi Werner 4G Mordechai Winter Chaiky Backman 1G Shira Chana Hadar Sarit Schwechter Tzippy Hes Ruthie Seidemann Sarah Kayla Kanovsky Miri Solomson Avigail Orlofsky Paula Ungar Shani Sukol 1G Nechama Kugler 4B Golde Makovoz Yosef Kugler Shira Tyberg Moishe Newman 1B Chaim Singer Dovid Kanovsky Paysach Gedaliah Slater Nitai Levi Yitzchak Meir Winter Yaakov Robinson 2G 5G Rivka Rachel Danesh Yael Fink Chaya Deitsch Rena Harris Rochel Leah Tova Goldstein Miriam Hillman Shira Komarow Sara Keleman Batsheva Kreiser Sori Leiman Sarah Slater Ayelet Makovoz 2B Yael Miller Beryl Backman Yitzchak Meir Biberfeld 5B Ari Ferneau Mickey Gordon Meir Koretzky Avraham Gottlieb Naftali Lipman Avrohom Shlomo Greenspan Ezra Mond Eliezer Jacobs 3G Aron Kreiser Miriam Fink Akiva Miller Adeena Kreisler Eli Newman

6G 6B Shira Abrams Yossel Backman Meira Yaffa Arzouan Binyamin Feldman Sarah Leah Danesh Avi Miller Neshi Sukol Dovid Pines Ahuva Wakschlag Asher Samberg Esther Bayla Young Dovid Boruch Slater

 

Mazel Tov to all our Talmidim for all of their Achievements and Todah to Miss Shirah Charner for “certificating” these past five years and for getting get it all together.

3M Bonus As part of their active involvement in the

O’na’as Devorim programs, most students in 1st-6th earned a wonderful privilege. The Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation is writing a Sefer Torah in memory of the Chofetz Chaim, ZT’L. Those boys and girls who fulfilled the prescribed requirements will have a letter written for them in this Torah scroll. Each youngster who qualified has been given a certificate with his/her name and letter in Perek Yud in VaYikra. The following quote from HaRav Shmuel Kamenetzky, Shlita is written on the certificates: “…By learning these Halachos, a child can earn an ze` in this Torah… being written as a Zechus for the Neshama of the Chofetz Chaim…To have a Chelek in this, it’s Mamash `ad okegd ohgn.” Many, many thanks to Abby Pines for her work on the certificates.

MTT Trip Monday’s 5B end-of-year MTT (Making

Time for Torah) excursion to Baltimore was highlighted by time spent with HaRav Shragai Neuberger, Shlita. Rabbi Neuberger learned with the boys and told me how impressed he was with them and their Middos. Special HaKaras HaTov goes to Rabbi Neuberger for really going out of his way to be able to meet and teach our guys. Many thanks to Rabbi Hoffman for this inspiring program and to Mr. Craig Gordon for driving/chaperoning. Mr. Gordon gets special appreciation for coming along even though his son, Mickey, was sick and couldn’t join the group. That is a model for RESPONSIBILITY.

We’re Comin’ and Goin’ All Over the Place

The past few weeks have consisted of many year-end events, including four major trips,

a few minor excursions, and a variety of other off-campus adventures, providing fun, learning, and new perspectives. We extend HaKaras HaTov to all who helped with the planning and who came along to make it all happen. Included in this group are those who have driven, chaperoned, picked-up stuff, lent us vehicles, etc. to facilitate all the goings-on.

Graduations Galore

Mazel Tov to all of next coming Tuesday’s Kindergarten graduates and their families: KB KG Yehuda Arzouan Esther Cortell Yaakov Baars Hadassah Edinger Ilan Cohn Kayla Eisenberg Gavriel Green Zicey Hollander Aaron Hallivis Rena Koretzky Akiva Jacobs Meira Levin Gavriel Merkin Rivka Tehilla Lichtenstein Doni Mond Tova Lipman Tuvia Moses Tzipora Miller Chaim Newman Zahava Schwechter Aharon Pollock Sara Leah Soloff Dovid Shinensky Dahlia Sugar Ezra Snyder Tzirel Sussman Yisrael Starkman Avishai Tulchinsky Cohen Joshua Verschleisser Avraham Werner Mordechai Winter

Coming up on Wednesday evening is our 6th Grade Graduation at 8:00 P.M. at Southeast Hebrew Congregation. Mazel Tov to the following 6th Graders (who will be sorely missed) and their families:

Yossel Backman Chaim Hes Ori Bernstein Yaakov Levine Jacob Black Adam Lombardo Yehuda Edelstein Aaron Merkin Daniel Edinger Avi Miller Binyamin Feldman Dov Ber Natelson Eliyahu Frost Dovid Pines Reuven Gold Shmuel Dovid Raichik Moshe Greenspon Asher Samberg Dovid Boruch Slater

Shira Abrams Shayna Milgraum Meira Yaffa Arzouan Shoshana Myers Shani Breitstein Malkie Palatnik Sarah Leah Danesh Chana Pollock

Hindy Deitsch Yehudis Rabinowitz Jessica Franco Ashira Rosen Shoshana Garfield Nesha Sukol Shayna Gewirtz Ahuva Wakschlag Esther Bayla Young

All are invited and encouraged to join us on Wednesday and celebrate this milestone.

Graduates should arrive at 7:45 with their caps, gowns, and tassels in hand (which were given to them today). The boys should be wearing blue or black pants, a white Shabbos shirt, a tie, and Shabbos shoes. Girls’ attire should include a blue or black skirt, dress, or jumper, a white blouse, and Shabbos shoes.

Mincha at 7:45. Maariv immediately after program.

We also congratulate all who have reached any of the various milestones along the education / life cycle trail: Being Born (quite important), Having a Bris, Nursery Graduation, Bar/Bas Mitzvah, High School Graduation, College Graduation, Grad/Law/Medical School completion, Getting a Driver's License, Marriage, losing your first tooth, dunking your first basket, hitting your first home run, singing your first choir solo, etc. While on this topic, we also wish a heartfelt Mazel Tov to: ☺ Shirah Charner and her entire family, upon her

forthcoming marriage to Shimmy Sternfield. ☺ Ahron Tzvi Verschleisser, his parents, Eli and Leah;

his siblings Sara, Avi, Shua and Ittiya; the Pomegranate, and his entire family, upon his becoming a Bar Mitzvah.

☺ Eli Frost, his parents, Rabbi Dovid and Mrs. Fruma Frost; his siblings, Chana and Ari, Tova, and Avrohom; and his entire family, upon his becoming a Bar Mitzvah.

☺ Yaakov Fink, his parents, Rabbi Eliezer and Mrs. Leah Fink; his siblings, Rena, Yael, Miriam, Chedvah, and Adina; and his entire family, upon his becoming a Bar Mitzvah.

☺ Chana Pollock, her parents, Simmy and Yaakova; her siblings, Sara, Sruli, and Aaron; and her entire family, upon her becoming a Bas Mitzvah.

☺ The two TSGW graduates who are YGW Valedictorians, Rena Freidman and Noach Bergman.

☺ To all of the high school graduates who comprised the 4th Torah School Kindergarten.

☺ Anyone who is becoming a Bar/Bas Mitzvah this summer and whose Simcha is not yet on our radar screen.

May we all continue to be blessed with Simachos.

More Appreciation

Todah to: All those who handled lunches all

year. Simmy Pollock for covering our office on

Sundays. Marlene Teichman, Rivka Goldstein, Michele

Levine, Ruth Baars, and Penina Greenspan for picking up scrip. Scrip will be available from the office during the summer.

We appreciate Elaine Feldman for once again handling Big G Box Tops for Education. Through no expenditure on the part of any of us, we earned $866.00. Keep eating Big G products and collecting these pieces of cardboard over the summer, into the fall, continuing into winter, and “springing forward” into spring.

In the unsung heroine category, we single out Elaine Feldman. She has worked on our library for 16 years and counting.

All those who ate at our NOAMs this year. Abby Pines for typing the ESTER. Gila Wakschlag for years of handling After

School Sports for Girls. For 2010-2011, we need someone to take over, as Gila has retired.

Shevi Miller for handling the Gemach Lunches. Mrs. Chana Silver for her year-long

volunteering and sharing her teaching expertise with our kids.

All of our students who participated in Parshathon. They collected $17, 506.53

Library Notice   Just a reminder: The last library visit for grades K‐3B will be Monday, June 7, and the final library visit for 

grades 3G‐6 will be Monday, June 14.  All library books MUST be returned before the end of the school year.  If your child's book is lost, it must be paid for: $10/softcover, $20/hardcover, $15/softcover Judaica, $25/hardcover Judaica.  If you have any questions, please contact Lisa Solomson at 301‐593‐9039.  Thank you! 

A Necessary Repeat Summer ….. a break from all

religious and cerebral activity? … or NOT? …or It is a Terrible Thing

to Let a Mind Atrophy The answer to the above absurd question is that Davening, Talmud Torah, Derech Eretz, and all cerebral activities (reading, writing, math, etc.) must NEVER cease. Vacation IS a time for change of venue, structure, formal schedules, and focus, not elimination of ANY focus. As such, summer study packets are available from teachers upon request. Please request! Please bear in mind that there is almost a three month gap between the end of one school year and the start of the next. A lack of continuity can have grave and detrimental effects on a child’s development. Allowing a mind to “atrophy” because it needs to “rest” will cause a boy or girl to regress and lose months of progress. Please allow your sons and daughters to have the joyous break they have really earned …. ….But also please make sure (under relaxed circumstances) that they retain the gains they’ve made in the past 10 months.

Sefer HaChinuch says that Hashem recognizes the fact that human nature requires us to have times to rejoice away from our regular routines. Therefore, the Torah has given us the Shalosh Regalim for a time of Simcha where we can recharge our spiritual batteries. Hence, a Chofesh should be a time to ready ourselves to return to our regular routines with renewed vigor, excitement and enthusiasm.

Let’s use the next eleven weeks wisely!!

Attached Today: Classroom Close-ups by Mrs.

Nechama Idstein. Chosen Words. SOVEYA Newsletter Engelic Uniforms Order Forms.

Bon Voyage The enthusiasm for the end of a school year can often be

tempered by people moving on. This June, we have a family that has

played a huge role in our school who will not be in the Torah School (or the state of Maryland) come September:

Pirchie and Jose Greenspon, Moshe, Adina, Yakov, and Hillel are moving to St. Louis. We thank them for their unique and significant contributions and for their friendships and wish them Hatzlacha in all their future endeavors. They will be missed. Finally, we conclude this communiqué, another 37 weeks of ESTERs, and the school year with a profound expression of Hakaras HaTov to Hashem for His continued myriad blessings. Among these gifts we include our very outstanding staff, our PTA, our Board of Directors, those who really keep the school going (i.e. Abby Pines, Marlene Teichman, Jodi Mailman, Zev Teichman), our very special students, and you, our parent body and supporters. Your supportiveness, dedication, devotion, help, assistance, aid, succor, championing, hard work, encouragement, and your placing of your trust and confidence in us are the recipe for the “TSGW Difference”. May the Ribbono Shel Olam continue to grace us with his Chesed and with Hatzlachah in being Mechanech our youngsters Al Pi Derech HaTorah. Good Shabbos! Happy Father’s Day! Have a wonderful summer! Enjoy your kids! They grow up and leave very quickly. (However, they do come back home for laundry and ice cream.) Sincerely,

Rabbi Yitzchak Charner Headmaster

Classroom Close-ups by Mrs. Nechama Idstein

June 11, 2010 Volume VI, Issue 27

Dear Parents, LAY”T As the school year reaches its end, I’d like to share with you the wonderful accomplishments of your children. In Chumash, we have finished through Parshas VaYigash and the girls have truly experienced a love for learning. Aside for the enjoyment of learning the storyline, they have learned to understand each word, its meaning, its place in the story, and to whom or what it is referring. They are curious and inquisitive and are constantly asking questions - many times those asked previously by Rashi and other commentaries. We have also been working on our Rashi skills. The girls have been reading Rashi on their own and are beginning to get the general idea of the Rashi from the many words that they recognize. Navi is another enjoyable subject. We have been studying each and every Perek of Yehoshua by going through the Pesukim and giving an overview (unlike Chumash where we learn it with more concentration on textual skills and in greater depth). At the end of each Perek, the girls are given worksheets on which they must answer the questions using the actual words of the Navi. They do this in groups, through which they learn the skills of “teamwork.” They have learned how to be patient and thoughtful of their classmates and how to help each other. Simultaneously, they have worked on their reading and translation skills independently. Boruch HaShem, they have done wonderfully, and I am very proud of their efforts and success. Halacha- Throughout the year, we have learned the pertinent Halachos of the approaching Yomim Tovim. During those times, as you well know, the girls got quizzed daily on the material covered the day before. Around Tu B’Shvat, we covered a unit on Hilchos Brochos. We learned the basic Halachos of how to make a Brocha, what to do with a mixture of foods, what Brocha should be made first, as well as many other issues that arise in our daily eating habits. Hopefully, this made the students more aware of the importance of making Brochos, not making a Brocha L’vatala, and the sensitivity of not saying HaShem’s name without a proper reason. Pirkei Avos/Ivrit - These subjects are often done in centers. After the Mishnah in Pirkei Avos is read and translated, the students received worksheets that incorporated lessons learned into our daily lives. This has been a beautiful and constructive “schmoozing time,” where the students have an opportunity to discuss, among themselves and with their teacher, practical situations of how to react or what to do in different “real life” situations. I have enjoyed this time with the girls and have seen first hand their growth and maturity. Ivrit is broken up into different sub-subjects. Grammar is taught through songs, and then worksheets are given out to reinforce what was studied. This year, we’ve focused on past and present tenses. We used a book called “Sha’ah Shel Menucha” which consists of short (funny) stories. We read the stories and often did writing assignments on them. Vocabulary is another part of Ivrit. The students were given a vocabulary packet at the start of the week and have had assignments to do throughout the week using those words. A quiz was given at the end of each unit. This has enhanced the students ability to speak and understand conversational Hebrew. Parashas HaShavua - Weekly sheets that the girls found quite challenging were used. These sheets had questions on the Parasha, and the girls were asked to independently find the answers in the Pesukim. They looked forward to these sheets and have enjoyed the satisfaction of finding answers by navigating through the Chumash on their own. In addition, on Friday, we reviewed these sheets, spoke about the Parasha, and learned a Dvar Torah to enhance your Shabbos. To end our productive and enjoyable week, on Fridays we have read two Jewish classic children’s stories together. These stories are historical fiction, and the girls really enjoyed this time and looked forward to it every Friday. Now…..after all this don’t you think they deserve a vacation?!? Enjoy this quality time with your children. Have a great summer! Mrs. Idstein

Why Buy a Cookbook?

The cookbook is the perfect gift to take to your hostess for Shabbos or any occasion. She has already selected the wine for dinner! Flowers will not last more than a few days! Candy is not healthy! The cookbook is a perfect gift for a bride or any homemaker. The pages are filled with wonderful traditional and holiday foods! Reading the anecdotes will fill pleasurable moments while your dishes

are in the oven! There is a limited supply of this treasure still available. The price for this priceless Kosher culinary collection is only $7.00. And, the most important reason of all is that buying a cookbook supports the Torah School Sixth Grade Girls!

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SWITCHH Newsletter (Soveya Wellness Initiative To Create Healthy Habits)

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Torah thought on health and wellness:

“When HaShem was ready to give the Torah, He first went to all the nations of the world and offered it to them. One after another, the nations all asked, ‘What's written in the Torah?’ “Finally HaShem went and offered the Torah to the Jewish people. They accepted it sigh unseen, as the Torah says (Shemos 24:7): ‘We will first do the Torah, and then we will understand it,’" (Midrash Sifri, Devarim 33). A common misconception is that the Jewish People accepted the Torah on blind faith - “נעשה ונשמע – We will do and (then) we will understand.” However, shortly before Klal Yisroel uttered these awesome words, HaShem began his proposal by saying, “You have seen what I did to Egypt, and that I have borne you on the wings of eagles and brought you to Me. And now, if you listen well to Me and observe My covenant, you shall be to Me the most beloved treasure of all people, for Mine is the entire world,” (Shemos 19:4,5). During the previous year, the Jewish People had clearly seen the omnipotence of HaShem as He overturned every aspect of the natural world, demonstrating His sole control of the universe while executing the ten plagues on the Egyptians. There was absolutely no doubt that the al-Mighty was the Infinite Creator and Sustainer of the universe, who put all things into being, wrote the rules of nature and had constant supervision on the biggest and smallest elements of creation. The Jewish People’s acceptance of the Torah was based on first-hand experience, and immutable evidence that HaShem is their Creator and therefore anything He tells them to do is – by definition – in their best interest. They didn’t have to investigate the contents in order to validate its worthiness. There was no blind faith involved whatsoever. The information they were lacking was how - not if - a particular mitzvah would be a tool for growth in this world and connection to HaKadosh Barachu – something they could understand only by experiencing it. Hence, the second half of the phrase, “We will do and (then) we will understand.” But what aspect of this acceptance really distinguished the Jewish People from the other nations of the world? For, in fact, didn’t every one on the planet witness G-d’s sole supremacy?

WHAT’S IN IT FOR US?

The events in Egypt were played out on “center stage” for the whole world to see. Every body of water – even in a person’s cup – split as Klal Yisroel traversed the Yam Suf. Granted, the Jewish People’s connection was more personal and perhaps more intense. But the other nations had more than sufficient evidence. They saw with their own eyes. So, how could they rationalize to themselves that the HaShem’s Torah was true only upon their inspection? Why did they have to know the contents before making a decision? Cognitive dissonance – being confronted with uncomfortable information and ignoring it’s reality for fear of having to change behavior. The Torah was dismissed because one nation rejected the prohibition against immoral conduct; another nation didn’t want to stop stealing. They simply didn’t want to change their behavior, so they rationalized an excuse – even in the face of absolute truth. They feared changing more than they feared rejecting what was right. Not Klal Yisroel – and therein lies our true greatness. We are willing to change behaviors if we have to. We are willing to grow, no matter how hard it might be. Because, at our core, we value truth and a meaningful relationship with HaShem more than our own desires. Clinging to truth gives us true joy and pleasure that no immediate gratification can match. Good שבת.

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Changing the Jewish World – One Pound at a Time

Hope for Peanut Allergies

US scientists hope to produce a peanut that significantly reduces the risk of allergic reaction: so far they have managed to breed a variety that

lacks some of the compounds known to cause allergic reactions, and are planning further studies to produce a peanut that lacks more of, if not all of the major allergens, which can produce reactions ranging from rash to

severe anaphylactic shock.

This was the subject of a presentation at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in London this week, given by research scientist professor Soheila Maleki from the Agricultural Research Service

(ARS) branch of the US Department of Agriculture in New Orleans.

Children are the most vulnerable group to nut allergies. Children of allergic parents are two to four times more likely to develop peanut

allergy than children whose parents are not allergic.

The allergic reaction ranges in severity from person to person, some get a rash, others get digestive problems, and some experience violent

anaphylactic shock. Also, recent evidence suggests that even trace amounts of peanuts can be enough to cause a major reaction in the

people who are severely allergic.

Maleki and colleagues studied 900 varieties of peanut and found that some genetic mutations showed either lower levels or a complete lack of the major allergens (proteins that trigger allergic reactions). She and her

colleagues found that some of the second generation varieties had significantly lower levels of allergens and these were less able to bind to

the antibodies that trigger the allergic reactions.

Maleki hopes to eventually breed a peanut that will lessen, if not eliminate the development and the severity of the allergic responses.

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