Saturday, October 15, 2022

CHUCK KOLB

 Shabbat Shalom - Chol Hamoed - God's Sheltering Presence - War of Gog/Magog !!!


Previously posted ...
Shabbat Shalom Sukkot - Parasha HaAzinu - Provoking God and His People to Jealousy !!!
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2022/10/chuck-kolb_8.html
Know That He Loves You - 10/8/22
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2022/10/sermon-know-that-he-loves-you.html
Situation Updates 10/9/22 WW3 Escalator -  Buhbye McDs - Clinton,Obama,Biden > Guilty
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2022/10/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_10.html
Situation Updates 10/10/22 Sukkot Begins - Biden Blank - Trump Nukes - The Original Lie
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2022/10/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_44.html
Situation Updates 10/11/22 Had Enough - Taxing Cows - Durham Probe - Roswell Crash
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2022/10/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_11.html
Situation Updates 10/12/22 Pfizer Guilty - Little Demon - Invisible Man - America Near Death
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2022/10/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_12.html
Situation Updates 10/13/22 NSA ET's - J6 - DePop Bomb - FIB Durham - Flat Earth
https://conpats.blogspot.com/2022/10/chuck-kolb-situation-updates_14.html

These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world
ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. John 16:33
Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Luke 12:37
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. Eph 5:11
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. I will never forget thy precepts:
for with them thou hast quickened me. Psalm 119:60,93
The war against Truth has been raging ever since
evil was expulsed from the realm of Heaven.  
God instructed Pharaoh, "Let my people go."
God instructs us, "Let my people know."
Shema Y'israel - Maranatha !
Na'aseh V'nishma  

Chag Sukkot Same'ach שמח סוכות חג
Happy Sukkot - Happy Feast of Tabernacles
The Festival of Sukkot, also known as the
“Feast of Tabernacles” and the “Time of Our Joy”
Sukkot is a seven-day observance which begins
on sunset Sunday, October 9th - Tishrei 15, 5783
and ends sunset Sunday, October 16th - Tishrei 21, 5783
upon which Hoshana Rabbah (Chol Hamoed Sukkot) begins,
followed by Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah
Havah Nagilah הבה נגילה - Let Us Rejoice

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כבוד שם יהוה Baruch Hashem Adonai  
לשבור לחם ביחד Shabbat Shalom Mishpacha
#ShabbatShalom Welcome to Moadim L'Simcha (Appointed Times for Joy) - During the weeklong festival of Sukkot (Tabernacles), the regular Parasha (Torah portion) for Shabbat is suspended, and a special Parasha pertaining to the holiday is read in synagogues around the world. Please read along with us and learn how Sukkot represents the sheltering presence of God. 
We know you will be blessed, especially in light of current events!


In this special Sukkot reading, Moses asks that God’s presence would go with Israel, and God agrees.
In the Haftarah (prophetic portion) for this Shabbat Chol Hamoed (intermediate day of the festival) of Sukkot,
the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel describes an end-time scenario in which formidable armies from the north, under the leadership of Gog,
will challenge the restoration of Israel.


You can view this Parasha on our website complete with embedded links ... 
Parasha Sukkot: The Sheltering Presence of God and the War of Gog/Magog

https://free.messianicbible.com/parasha/parasha-sukkot-the-sheltering-presence-of-god-and-the-war-of-gog-magog-5783/ 

Sukkot: Season of Joy
It is one of three pilgrimage festivals called Shelosh Regalim (Three Pilgrimages),
holidays during which the Jewish People were required to go up together
as a nation to the Holy Temple in Jerusalem.
The other two of the Shelosh Regalim are Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot (Feast of Weeks)
(Deuteronomy 16; Exodus 23:14–17).
https://free.messianicbible.com/holiday/sukkot-the-season-of-joy/

Reasons to Sound the Shofar
https://free.messianicbible.com/holiday/rosh-hashanah-blow-trumpet-shofar-zion/
No One Else Brings Salvation but Yeshua
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/one-else-brings-salvation-yeshua/
Are You a Jew? The Answer Might Surprise You
https://free.messianicbible.com/feature/are-you-a-jew-fname-the-answer-might-surprise-you/
 
Revelation and Na'aseh V'nishma
https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/11880
https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/do-first-understand-later/
We will do and we will listen to all that God has declared. Exodus 24:7


  When to Celebrate Yeshua HaMashiach's birthday ...
The Joy of Tabernacles when Yeshua was Born
http://conpats.blogspot.com/2019/10/chuck-kolb-10142019.html
How Yeshua was born on the Feast of Tabernacles by Rabbi Yitzchak

http://www.calledoutbelievers.org/how-yeshua-was-born-on-the-feast-of-tabernacles/

English to Hebrew to English lookup

https://context.reverso.net/translation/hebrew-english/
https://www.doitinhebrew.com/Translate/default.aspx
https://english-hebrew-dictionary.com/
https://alittlehebrew.com/transliterate/  
https://yiddishkeit101.wordpress.com/category/hebrew-word-of-the-day 
The Best Jewish Words You Need To Know: A Yiddish and Hebrew Glossary
https://www.joyofkosher.com/from-jamie/the-best-jewish-words-you-need-to-know/
https://www.brighthubeducation.com/studying-a-language/58611-yiddish-expressions-for-the-holidays/
https://hebrew4christians.com/Glossary/glossary.html
A Living Library of Jewish Texts in Hebrew and English translation
https://www.sefaria.org/   https://dictionary.co.il/   https://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il/
https://www.mechon-mamre.org/

Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Ralph Messer ...
Simchat Torah Beit Midrash - Joy of God’s Teaching and Instruction

All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.  2 Timothy 3:16

What Does It Mean to Choose Life? Every decision you make can be made in a way that you are “choosing life.”
The Torah is God’s constitution; it is His teaching and instruction; it is eternal and it is life.
His Spirit is pure Light, abundant with untouchable, supreme, sovereign power.
God is the Source of all life.

Sukkot - Feast of Tabernacles
The sukkah is symbolic of the chuppah (wedding canopy), as Sukkot is the marriage between the Jewish people and God. The Festival of Sukkot is also known as the “Festival of Ingathering,” as it was the time when the final harvest was gathered from the field. Sukkot is a beautiful holiday that reminds us to give thanks for all of the blessings and bounty that God has bestowed upon us
https://stbm.org/sukkot

Hoshana Rabbah means Great Salvation/Supplication and is the seventh final day of Sukkot

On Rosh Hashanah, our future for the coming year is determined, we are given the final verdict for the outcome of the New Year.
On Yom Kippur, our future for the coming year is sealed. On Hoshana Rabba, we are given the final verdict for the outcome of the New Year.
https://stbm.org/hoshana-rabbah/

Shemini Atzeret literally means “Eighth Day of Assembly.”

(See Lev. 23:36.) It has been said that, after the many days of celebration, Shemini Atzeret is God’s way of saying,
“I have enjoyed this time with you so much. Please stay with Me one more day.”

Simchat Torah means “Rejoicing in Torah” or “Joy of God’s Teaching and Instruction.”
It is a joyous holiday in which we celebrate and express our love and adoration of the Torah and our commitment to study it.
As seen in the name, this holiday celebrates the Torah; it celebrates both the completion and the beginning of the Torah-reading cycle.
https://stbm.org/shemini-atzeret-simchat-torah/

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Todah Rabah - Dr. Gary Hedrick ...

Reaching the Jewish people with the Gospel
https://www.cjfm.org/about-us/who-we-are/history/
Charles Halff - What It Costs a Jew to Become a Christian
https://store.cjfm.org/product/146/what-it-costs-a-jew-to-become-a-christian

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Chaim Richman ...
Weekly Torah Study: with Rav Gedalia Meyer
Temple Talk with Yitzchak Reuven and Rabbi Abba Horovitz
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The Mystery of the Red Heifer: Divine Promise of Purity
https://templeinstitute.org/red-heifer/
Temple Talk Radio: The Red Heifers Have Arrived!
vid> https://youtu.be/dbrCt9h8r2o (34:58) 9/20/22

Jerusalem Lights - Rabbi Chaim Richman
https://www.youtube.com/c/JerusalemLightsRabbiChaimRichman/videos

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Chaim Jachter ...
Kol Torah Academy of Bergen County 

Sukkot - Tishrei 18, 5781 - September 24, 2021
https://www.koltorah.org/articles/?category=Sukkot
https://www.koltorah.org/by-parashah https://www.koltorah.org/about-us
https://www.koltorah.org/rav-jachters-halachah-files
TABC Summer Edition (43 page pdf)
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Yeshiva - https://www.tabc.org/

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Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot

https://www.chabad.org/parshah/article_cdo/aid/1019831/jewish/Shabbat-Chol-Hamoed-Torah-Reading-in-a-Nutshell.htm
https://www.chabad.org/parshah/default_cdo/aid/137613/jewish/Sukkot.htm
http://www.chabad.org/parshah/default.asp?tDate=10/15/2022  
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/view/month_cdo/jewish/Jewish-Calendar.htm
https://www.chabad.org/calendar/converter_cdo/aid/6225/jewish/Jewish-Hebrew-Date-Converter.htm

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Todah Rabah - beloved Rabbi Naphtali “Tuly” Weisz ...  

https://israel365.com/  https://www.israel365news.com/
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https://theisraelbible.com/bible/torah/  https://theisraelbible.com/blog/
 
The Connection Between Sukkot and Gog and Magog
When Shabbat occurs during Sukkot, rather than reading from the weekly Torah portion, there is an ancient, yet unusual,
Jewish tradition of reading about the famous war of Gog and Magog from the Book of Ezekiel in chapters 38 and 39.
https://theisraelbible.com/connection-between-sukkot-and-gog-magog/
https://theisraelbible.com/book-deuteronomy/

A Funny Way to Celebrate - Shemini Atzeret
According to tradition, today brings us even greater joy than the joy we experienced over the past week during the Feast of Tabernacles. But interestingly, when the Temple stood in Jerusalem, the people celebrated in a very strange way. When the Temple stood, the Levite choir would sing a unique song for each and every holiday. The special song for today, the joyous day of Shemini Atzeret, was Psalm 6 – a highly unusual choice. You see, Psalm 6 is not a particularly “happy” chapter of Psalms. Just reading the first few verses should make that clear enough!
https://theisraelbible.com/a-funny-way-to-celebrate/

The 39 Acts Forbidden on the Sabbath
https://theisraelbible.com/the-39-acts-forbidden-on-the-sabbath/
https://theisraelbible.com/the-true-day-of-rest/

Anti-Semitism is on the rise in the United States.
Stand with 100,000+ people who stand with Israel.
https://www.israel365.com/the-israel-covenant/

ACLJ Petition - Jay Sekulow
Stop Biden IRS From Spying on You and Your Bank Account
https://aclj.org/government-corruption/stop-biden-irs-from-spying-on-your-bank-account
 
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DONALD DATES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump  
Tiffany 10/13/93 < Happy Birthday
Ivanka 10/30/81 <

Tiffany Trump wedding set for November 12th at Mar-a-Lago

Tiffany Trump and Michael Boulos met in Mykonos in July 2018 and got engaged in January 2021.
https://pagesix.com/2022/05/05/tiffany-trump-wedding-set-for-november-at-mar-a-lago/
https://www.insider.com/tiffany-trump-wedding-details-date-location-fiance-2022-8

FULL SPEECH: PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HOLDS SAVE AMERICA RALLY IN MESA, AZ 10/9/22
vid> https://rumble.com/v1naqha-full-speech-president-donald-trump-holds-save-america-rally-in-mesa-az-1092.html (1:48:59)

FULL SPEECH: President Donald Trump Holds SAVE AMERICA Rally in Minden, NV - 10/8/22
vid> https://rumble.com/v1n6stc-full-speech-president-donald-trump-holds-save-america-rally-in-minden-nv-10.html (1:33:49)

Watch > https://rumble.com/c/RSBN RSBN  
Events > https://www.donaldjtrump.com/events
https://rumble.com/c/DonaldTrump Donald J. Trump

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Good News From Israel - Achievements and Heartwarming Stories

In the 9th Oct 22 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:
https://verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com/2022/10/israels-good-news-newsletter-to-9th-oct.html
http://verygoodnewsisrael.blogspot.com/

Mishpacha Jewish Family Weekly
https://mishpacha.com/

Bibi Speaks    
Binyamin Netanyahu opens up to Mishpacha in an exclusive interview
https://mishpacha.com/bibi-speaks/

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Todah Rabah - beloved Ted Belman writing from Jerusalem, Israel for 21+ years ...  
THERE IS NO DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION
Israel should declare three nos;
no to nuclear Iran, no to two-state solution, no to bi-national state  

Russia is the only way to save Europe! Merkel sends 3 warnings to Europe and America!
vid> https://youtu.be/vDhHaSeoYwA (12:11) 10/14/22
https://www.israpundit.org/russia-is-the-only-way-to-save-europe-merkel-sends-3-warnings-to-europe-and-america/

Tulsi Gabbard: “If you go against the Clinton’s, you’re dead.”
During Tulsi Gabbard’s recent internet-breaking interview with Joe Rogan,
she made some interesting comments regarding the Clintons.
https://www.israpundit.org/tulsi-gabbard-if-you-go-against-the-clintons-youre-dead/
https://republicbrief.com/tulsi-gabbard-if-you-go-against-the-clintons-youre-dead/

US Supreme Court Overturns Pennsylvania Court
– Rules that Ballots with Even Minor Flaws Cannot Be Counted in Elections
https://www.israpundit.org/us-supreme-court-overturns-pennsylvania-court-rules-that-ballots-with-even-minor-flaws-cannot-be-counted-in-elections/
https://republicbrief.com/author/karid/

Mudar Zahran Palestinian Like you never meet before
vid> https://youtu.be/N5SMKjmD_dQid (57:48) 10/13/22
https://www.israpundit.org/mudar-zahran-palestinian-like-you-never-meet-before/

The Two State Solution is no more
>> https://www.israpundit.org/63684392-2/
The Jordan Option Conference Videos reposted
>> https://www.israpundit.org/the-jordan-option-conference-videos/
https://www.israpundit.org/jordan-past-present-and-future-the-jordan-option-revisited/
>> The Jordan Option, plain and simple
https://www.israpundit.org/the-jordan-option-plain-and-simple/
>> The Jordanian Option is the only game in town
https://www.israpundit.org/my-jordan-option-is-the-only-game-in-town/
>> The Ultimate Alternate Israel-Palestine Solution by Ted Belman
https://www.israpundit.org/the-ultimate-alternate-israel-palestine-solution-3/

Kindly donate to support the work I do
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Quest For The Lost Tribes - Full Simcha Jacobovici Documentary
vid> https://www.bitchute.com/video/jbB2ELq4xPw/ (1:33:29) 8/18/19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Jacobovici
12 Tribes of Israel: The Shevatim

https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3798842/jewish/12-Tribes-of-Israel-The-Shevatim.htm
https://www.jewishvoice.org/read/blog/who-are-tribes-judah

Welcome to Kashrut Malchut Shamayim
שמח סוכות חג Chag Sukkot Same'ach  
Happy Sukkot - Happy Feast of Tabernacles
Havah Nagilah הבה נגילה - Let Us Rejoice

Enjoy and have a Lovely Shabbat Chol Hamoed Sukkot 

On Sukkot we all build little outdoor huts to use as a home for 8 days and if we are lucky the weather cooperates and we enjoy 8 days of eating and for some sleeping in the outdoors. It seems for me that when we go outdoors we get a little more casual.  We might use paper, we don't worry about all the crumbs on the floor.  It is a beautiful time to be with friends and family and enjoy the festival holiday.  Especially in these crazy times of COVID when the recommendation is to gather outdoors, Sukkot can be a time of small gatherings.  And there is no better time to have a feast than on this holiday, the Feast of Tabernacles.
https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/a-sukkot-feast/

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Shemini Atzeret Menu
https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/shemini-atzeret-menu/
Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah Recipes
https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/shmini-atzeretsimchat-torah-recipes/
Get all our Simchat Torah recipe ideas here

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Grandma's Meatballs
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An Oktoberfest Shabbat Menu
https://jamiegeller.com/holidays/shabbat-sukkot-an-oktoberfest-menu/

Jews and Beer: 8 Surprising Facts
https://aish.com/jews-and-beer-8-surprising-facts/

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Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation:
and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord: for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you. Exodus 34:10


Shabbat Shalom - Chol Hamoed - God's Sheltering Presence - War of Gog/Magog !!!


 
Moadim L'Simcha (Appointed Times for Joy)
SHABBAT SHALOM
 
Exodus 33:12–34:26; Ezekiel 38:18–39:16; Revelation 21:1–22:21
 
“Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord: for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you.”  (Exodus 34:10)
 

A Jewish man shakes the lulav and etrog in a sukkah decorated with
colorful shiny streamers and fruit.
 
In this special reading, Moses asks that God’s presence would go with Israel, and God agrees.
 
Encouraged by this positive response, Moses also asks to see God’s glory.  Once again, God graciously complies with his request and invites Moses to ascend Mount Sinai with two newly hewn stone tablets so that He can re-carve the Ten Commandments.
 
On the mountain, God reveals His glory to Moses in such a fearsome spectacle of power that God must protect Moses
from being destroyed by it.
 
"There is a place near Me where you can stand on a rock.  When My glory passes by, I will put you in an opening in the rock.  I will cover you with My hand until I have passed by.  Then I will remove My hand.  You will see My back.  But My face must not be seen."  (Exodus 33:21–23)
 
It's clear that Moses, having experienced the power of the presence of God, understands that His presence is more than sufficient against any threat Israel might encounter inside or outside
of the Promised Land.
 

A Jewish man with his tallit (prayer shawl)
pulled over his head prays with the Arba Minim
(Four Species).  (Leviticus 23:40)

Gog and Magog: Challenging the Restoration of Israel
“This is what will happen in that day: When Gog attacks the land of Israel, My hot anger will be aroused.”  (Ezekiel 38:18)
 
In the Haftarah (prophetic portion) for this Shabbat Chol Hamoed (intermediate day of the festival) of Sukkot, the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel describes an end-time scenario in which formidable armies from the north, under the leadership of Gog, will challenge the
restoration of Israel.
 
Gog is a chief prince living in the land of Magog (Ezekiel 38:2).  Many scholars believe Magog refers to Russia.  The invading land of Gomer is often believed to be Germany.
 
Several lands in the coalition army are easily identifiable: Iran (Persia), Northern Sudan (ancient Ethiopia or Cush), Libya (Put),
and Turkey (Togarmah).
 
Today, Russia has a "permanent" air base in Syria at Khmeimim and leases the naval base in Tartus. 
 
Iran not only has military bases in Iraq and Lebanon, its radical regime has invested more than $100 billion in infrastructure and military operations in Syria, even building missile manufacturing plants there.

The nations mentioned in Ezekiel 38 will unite and come upon Israel "like a cloud that covers the land" for the purpose of looting the wealth that she has amassed in what was a desolate land only seventy two years ago.
 
Yet, God will not abandon His People.  He will utterly destroy the coalition forces of Gog so that all nations will come to know the holiness of the Lord (Ezekiel 38:18–23).
 
The forces that come against Israel will be so large in their day of defeat that Gog’s weaponry will provide fuel for Israel for seven years (Ezekiel 39:9).
 
"They will not need to gather wood from the fields or cut it from the forests, because they will use the weapons for fuel.  And they will plunder those who plundered them and loot those who looted them, declares the Sovereign LORD."  (Ezekiel 39:10)
 
Moreover, so many soldiers will die in this battle that it will take seven months for Israel to bury them all and cleanse their land
(Ezekiel 39:12).
 

A man carries a Torah scroll that is protected by a silver Torah
tik (case) during Sukkot at the Western Wall.

Sukkot and the Protective Covering of God
Why do we read about this end-time battle during Sukkot?
 
According to Rabbinic tradition, this war will be waged during the month of Tishri, the month in which the holiday of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) falls.
 
Interestingly enough, the war that is described in Ezekiel is similar to the war described in the 14th chapter of Zechariah, the Haftarah reading on the first day of Sukkot.  And in Zechariah we learn that the Gentiles who survive the war against Israel will be required to keep Sukkot annually by coming up to the Holy City of Jerusalem to worship the Lord.
 
"Then the survivors from all the nations that have attacked Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles [Sukkot].  If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain."  (Zechariah 14:1617)
 

Sukkot at the Western (Wailing) Wall.
 
Psalm 27 presents a clear connection between Sukkot and God’s protection of Israel and those who trust in Him:
 
“For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle [sukkah]; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock.”  (Psalm 27:5)
 
The word translated here as tabernacle is the Hebrew word sukkah (סכה).  When evil threatens God’s people, He will hide them in His sukkah, inaccessible from the enemy on the rock of His presence.
 
Now that is a promise we can trust in during these last days!
 

A Jewish man prays at the Western (Wailing)
Wall in Jerusalem.

The Battle of Armageddon 

“When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison, and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth — Gog and Magog — to gather them for battle.” 

(Revelation 20:78)

 
Gog and Magog are also mentioned in the Brit Chadashah (New Testament) in connection with Armageddon and the final battle between the forces of good and evil.
 
This war with Gog and Mag
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