"The moon, appearing every month in several phases, is symbolic of the Jewish people whose history has assumed a variety of phases. Like the moon, they reappear aftern being eclipsed."
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Daily Prayer Book (1949) p.562
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Philip Birnbaum
Philip Birnbaum(1904β1988) was an American religious author and translator.
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