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Tzom Gedalya: Learning the Tragic Backstory, Exploring the Special Avoda and Focus

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Opens with two questions: Why fast for Gedalya uniquely? Why does the Rambam refer to the opposite of a fasting approach as 'achzarius', cruelty?

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