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mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/"><span style='text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><img border=0 width=550 height=150 id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.imsclients.com/listmail/admin/temp/newsletters/171/newsletter-banner-new.jpg" alt="http://www.templeinstitute.org/" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/" align=bottom></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span 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He shall do likewise to the Tent of Meeting, which dwells with them amidst their defilements.&quot; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center; mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>(Leviticus 16:16)<br> Iyar 5, 5769/April 29, 2009<br> Yom Atzma-ut - Israel Independence Day<br> 20th Day of the Omer</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 12.0pt;'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Today, the fifth day of <i>Iyar</i>, (April 29th), the nation of Israel marks its Independence Day - <i>Yom Atzma-ut</i>. As a sure sign that <nobr>G-d's</nobr> guiding hand is still at the helm, the day of the modern state of Israel's Independence Day falls squarely between the day marking the nascent nation's crossing of the Sea of Reeds, (seventh day of Passover, 3,500 years ago), and the nation's receiving of the Divine revelation of Torah at Mount Sinai, (<i>Shavuot</i>, forty three days later). This dramatic juxtaposition of historical events begs the question: What exactly is independence - <i>atzma-ut?</i></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Upon crossing the Sea of Reeds, the twelve tribes of Israel were escaping the bonds of their bitter exile, shedding their shackles of slavery to the whims and desires of foreign potentates and the strange ways of distant cultures, far from the teachings of their fathers. Yet this freedom was strictly physical in nature. The spiritual revolution required to free their souls, and not just their bodies, had not yet transpired. This would happen only at Sinai, where <nobr>G-d</nobr> and nation would meet, and the eternal Torah would be revealed to each and every man, woman, and child of the Israelites.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Precisely between these two point is where Israel dwells today. <nobr>G-d</nobr> has brought His people back to the land of Israel, and there they enjoy their physical freedom from the nations around them. But the children of Israel, an infant nation again in her own land, is still on its way to receiving the spiritual liberation of Torah and the true liberty that it bequeaths.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Many people today, Jews and Gentiles alike, express their disappointment that the nation of Israel that dwells today in the land of Israel, has not yet accepted upon itself the yoke of Torah in its entirety. Disappointment can lead to disgust and to rejection: <i>&quot;This people which dwells in the land of Israel, but does not always walk in the spirit of the Torah of Israel, what right have they to claim their independence from the nations?&quot;</i></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Scorners and cynics whose shortness of patience is equalled only by their shortness of vision, should bear in mind that the road from the Sea of Reeds to the mountain of Sinai also was a long journey fraught with both physical dangers and perilous swings in spiritual readiness and maturity. And those who would write off Israel as failing to make the grade, should pay special heed to the words of Leviticus 16:16: <i>&quot;And he shall effect atonement upon the Holy from the defilements of the children of Israel and from their rebellions and all their unintentional sins. He shall do likewise to the Tent of Meeting, which dwells with them amidst their defilements.&quot;</i></span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>If the Creator of the universe, Himself, broadcasts so clearly and unequivocally, that He, in the Tent of Meeting, the place of the <i>Shechinah</i> - <nobr>G-d's</nobr> manifest presence on this earth, will dwell amongst His people, even amidst their failings, then who among us mortals would dare cast the fate of the nation of Israel to the four winds, citing her shortcomings and blemishes as evidence of her imminent demise?</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Yom Atzma-ut</span></i><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#000099'> in Israel todays manifests itself as a celebration of the very land of Israel, itself. It is a day in which the entire nation steps forth from their houses and gathers together, picnicking in the parks and fairgrounds, hiking along the mountain trails and in the valleys. In its own instinctual way, the nation engages in twenty-four hour reenactment of settling the land. The day is coming, and it is not far, when the newly returned children of Israel will find themselves ready to fully re-embrace as a nation, the liberating promise of Torah from Sinai.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Tune in to this week's </span><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:blue'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/temple_talk.htm" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/temple_talk.htm">Temple Talk</a></span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#000099'> as Rabbi Richman and Yitzchak Reuven continue to reveal the tender relationship between <nobr>G-d</nobr> and His children, as set forth in the book of Leviticus. The Holy blessed one Himself coaxes both the pure and the impure to engage in uplifting their respective spiritual stations, as illustrated so poignantly by the individual who is afflicted with <i>tzora'at</i>, (a leprous like ailment), and is banished from the Israelite encampment until his cure is affected. <nobr>G-d's</nobr> tender concern for His children is evident even today, as the nation of Israel celebrates her independence back in the land of Israel.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;height:15.0pt'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may"></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may" href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:150pt;height:148.5pt; z-index:251658240;mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;float:left' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.imsclients.com/listmail/admin/temp/newsletters/305/may-trip-nwslttr.jpg"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position: absolute;z-index:251658240;left:38px;top:1934px;width:200px;height:198px'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may"><img border=0 width=200 height=198 src="http://www.imsclients.com/listmail/admin/temp/newsletters/305/may-trip-nwslttr.jpg" align=left alt="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may" v:shapes="_x0000_s1026"></a></span><![endif]><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may"></a></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#000099'>Rabbi Chaim Richman will be speaking at a small number of locations throughout the state of Texas during the month of May. Click <a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#month-of-may">here</a> for his schedule and contact information.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;height:15.0pt'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm" title="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm"></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm" href="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm" title="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:150pt;height:112.5pt; z-index:251659264;mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;float:left' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.imsclients.com/listmail/admin/temp/newsletters/305/lttn-23-04-09.jpg"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position: absolute;z-index:251659264;left:38px;top:2017px;width:200px;height:150px'><a href="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm"><img border=0 width=200 height=150 src="http://www.imsclients.com/listmail/admin/temp/newsletters/305/lttn-23-04-09.jpg" align=left alt="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm" title="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm" v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"></a></span><![endif]><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm" title="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm"></a></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#000099'>&nbsp;<br> Today also features the new </span><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#996600'>Light to the Nations</span></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#000099'> teaching by Rabbi Chaim Richman, entitled, <i>&quot;The Walled Cities: The land of Israel, the holiest land on earth, contains within it ascending levels of holiness. Level number two: walled cities.&quot;</i> Click <a href="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm" title="http://universaltorah.com/programming/2009/04/28/the-walled-cities.htm">here</a> to view.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;height:15.0pt'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer"></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_s1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer" href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer" style='position:absolute;margin-left:0;margin-top:0;width:150pt;height:104.25pt; z-index:251660288;mso-wrap-distance-left:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:0; mso-wrap-distance-right:7.5pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0; mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;float:left' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t"> <v:imagedata src="http://www.imsclients.com/listmail/admin/temp/newsletters/305/omer-5769-nwslttr.jpg"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><span style='mso-ignore:vglayout;position: absolute;z-index:251660288;left:38px;top:2136px;width:200px;height:139px'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer"><img border=0 width=200 height=139 src="http://www.imsclients.com/listmail/admin/temp/newsletters/305/omer-5769-nwslttr.jpg" align=left alt="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer" v:shapes="_x0000_s1028"></a></span><![endif]><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer"></a></span><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#000099'>&nbsp;<br> Forgot what day it is? Click <a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/events.htm#omer">here</a> for our daily <i>Sefirat HaOmer</i> update.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8;height:15.0pt'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'> You shall be holy like I am holy. (Leviticus 19:2) How can we become holy as <nobr>G-d</nobr> is holy? Certainly, we are expected to live within the guidelines set out by Torah. Yet, to a certain extent a person can conduct himself as  a scoundrel with the permission of the Torah, that is, live within the laws of Torah, but, nevertheless, lead a self-centered hedonistic life, never drawing nearer to <nobr>G-d</nobr>. But to make ourselves holy, we need to live responsibly and with commitment to <nobr>G-d</nobr>, even within the permitted parameters of Torah. Click <a href="http://universaltorah.com/programming/category/temple-institute-light-to-the-nations/weekly-torah/" title="http://universaltorah.com/programming/category/temple-institute-light-to-the-nations/weekly-torah/">here</a> to view Rabbi Richman's short teaching on <i>parashat Acharei Mot - Kedoshim</i> (Leviticus 16:1-20-27).</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10;height:15.0pt'> <td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;height:15.0pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'> <div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><i><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Blessings from the holy city of Jerusalem,</span></i><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Yitzchak Reuven</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>THE TEMPLE INSTITUTE</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>PO Box 31876</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'>Jerusalem, Israel 97500</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap:around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#000099'><a href="http://www.templeinstitute.org/" title="http://www.templeinstitute.org/">www.templeinstitute.org</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='mso-element:frame; mso-element-frame-hspace:2.25pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: column; mso-height-rule:exactly; margin-bottom: 0;'><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#000099'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> </div> <div> &nbsp;</div> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </blockquote> </div> </div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:7.5pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black'> <hr size=2 width="100%" align=center> </span></div> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:7.5pt; margin-bottom: 0;'>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>