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#547: Pinḥas and Defending Zionism

Rashi on Parashat Pinḥas, Bamidbar/Numbers 25:12

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The Emblem of Israel (סמל המדינה, semel hamedinah)

Bamidbar/Numbers 25:12

לָכֵ֖ן אֱמֹ֑ר הִנְנִ֨י נֹתֵ֥ן ל֛וֹ אֶת־בְּרִיתִ֖י שָׁלֽוֹם׃

Say, therefore, ‘I grant him My pact of friendship.’

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