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An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man seen through a net during Siyum Ha’Shas, a celebration marking the completion of the learning cycle of the Babylonian Talmud, a collection of oral Jewish laws and traditions passed down from generation to generation, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Each of the Talmud’s 2711 pages is studied in sequence, one day at a time, in a process that lasts about of a seven and a half years. More than 10,000 people attended in the event. (Photo by Oded Balilty/AP Photo)
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