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in the Old City as a youth. He married Sara Tzipa, the daughter of Rabbi Yehuda Leib
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soldier and, later, an Arab guard, to keep an eye on him. He insisted that his wife remain in the Old City, while another Jew boarded with him. Until more homeowners moved in two and a half years later, he returned to his wife only on
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303:messianic redemption
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