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7 Israeli city in the heart of the southern Sharon Plain bordered by Herzliya (7)

9 ‘Maariv- ****** ’ - the shabbat evening prayer (Hebrew) (6)

10 Be a self-employed solicitor? (3)

11 The rabbi’s wife (Yiddish) (8)

12 Rabbinical commentary on the Mishnah, second part of the Talmud (6) 13 Comes the revolution, she’s in it, this successor to Vashti (6)

14 Bought back as in the ‘pidyon haben’ (8)

16 International lubavitch outreach (6)

17 Like duplication of agreement in Italy - it’s in Umbria (6)

19 City destroyable by a Scud and Sam (8)

22 Were beaten - we came in bottom (6)

24 Moses by his name in Hebrew (6) 26 Fish - mark eel swimming, getting caught (8)

27 First to see patients at health resort (3)

28 Home Counties kid, one with Jewish blood (6)

29 Ashkenazi hot-pot for shabbat (Yiddish) (7)

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1 Cases for silk underwear? (6)

2 ‘Why is this night...’ Seder ritual question (Hebrew) (2,8)

3 Not quite a surgically assisted birth in Israeli coastal town (8)

4 Itinerant Jewish preacher (Hebrew variant spelling) (6)

5 A tree for future scrutiny, perhaps (4) 6 A certain Benjamin’s daughter - Golda Meir, perhaps (8)

8 Chief of King Saul’s army among children badly raised (5)

15 Famous holocaust survivor and author of ‘Night’ (1928-2016) (4,6)

16 The sweet paste made of fruits and nuts eaten at the Seder (Hebrew) (8) 18 Penitential poems and prayers (Hebrew) (8)

20 Attribute of benevolence or compassion, especially in Kabbalism (Hebrew) (6) 21 French author climbing tree of the genus ‘rhus’ (5)

23 Orthodox woman’s wig (Yiddish) (6)

25 Twenty-first letter of the aleph bet (4) HOW TO PLAY: Use the letter tiles from the game of Scrabble to spell out the answers to the clues below. Do not use the two blank tiles. Place the tiles on the Scrabble board according to the grid references given with the clues. If you successfully complete the puzzle, you will have used all 98 tiles.

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1E Heard the old chestnut beats all. (7) 1I Substance known alphabetically. (7) 1K Keeping it within the family. (8)

1N A scene from a Hovis take away. (5) 2C In a state when ten fell ill with it. (4) 5M Opted to leave the goods there. (5) 7B One can see through his work. (7) 7F A standard flag officer. (6)