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Why One’s NOT the Loneliest Number

By Rabbi Sroy Levitansky

A Torah Variation on E Pluribus Unum. If the Divine knows everything, why would He ask Moses and Aaron to number all the children of Israel? Our Torah instructor suggests a subtle answer — focusing our attention on the importance and uniqueness of “just one.”


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