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<p align="center" style="text-align:center"><em><b><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:#C00000;font-style:normal">Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur!</span></b></em><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">“On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets.”</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black"> </span></b></span><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Palatino;color:black">Numbers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Palatino;color:black">As Rosh Hashana begins this evening, when the sun sets, we extend our warmest wishes to all who celebrate in our community. May this season of reflection and renewal bring you peace, joy, and
sweetness in the year ahead. We also recognize that Yom Kippur follows soon after, beginning at sunset on Wednesday, October 1. May these days of meaning and tradition be a time of connection, hope, and blessings for you and your loved ones. Shanah Tovah from
all of us at the<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://mesc.osu.edu/" title="https://mesc.osu.edu/"><span style="color:#96607D">Middle East Studies Center</span></a>!</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none">Zari Mahmoudi</span></b><span style="color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130;mso-ligatures:none">Ph.D.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://nelc.osu.edu/"><span style="color:#0563C1;background:white;mso-ligatures:none">Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures</span></a></span><span style="color:#323130;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none">The Ohio State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130;mso-ligatures:none">1775 College Rd, 378 Hagerty Hall<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#323130;mso-ligatures:none">Columbus, OH 43210, U.S.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:mahmoudi.4@osu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1;mso-ligatures:none">mahmoudi.4@osu.edu</span></a></span></p>
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