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8 The rabbi’s wife (Yiddish - variant spelling) (8)

9 Noah’s Ark’s resting-place? (6)

10 Kabbalah’s ‘Side of Impurity’ (Hebrew) (5,5)

11 Club investing hard currency in Bangkok (4)

12 Nazi KL near Celle in Germany, liberated by the British army (6)

14 The ‘Everlasting Light’ hanging in the synagogue (Hebrew) (3,5)

15 The Queen (Hebrew) (7)

17 How to catch a glimpse of stag, hit, wounded (2,5)

20 The body of jewish mysticism (Hebrew) (8)

22 Graft on a river in Scottish island (6) 24 Israeli orthodox political party (4) 25 Jewish communities said to have been deported from the Kingdom of Israel circa 722 BCE (4,6)

27 Car from abroad, possibly MOT rip-off (6)

28 Influential group, as in a mountainous region (8)

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1 Jewish male descended patrilineally from the third son of Jacob and Leah (6)

2 Stand at funeral? It’s very cold, not dry (4)

3 Teapot (Yiddish) (8)

4 Delight, with inclination to go topless (7)

5 Eastern market-place sounding fantastic (6)

6 Leading tanna the Talmud refers to as ‘Rosh la-Hakhamim’ (Chief of the Sages) (d.circa 130 CE) (5,5) 7 The ritual of casting away of sins in flowing water during the High Holy Days (Hebrew) (8)

13 Gentile employed to do a Jew’s work during shabbat (Yiddish) (7,3)

16 In marijuana, the major taboo (8) 18 Term used in Kabbalah to explain how God began the process of creation by contracting his Infinite Light (Hebrew) (8)

19 Healing substances studied by Einstein? (7) 21 Adam’s first wife according to jewish mysticism (6)

23 Her baby is outside, it’s a little angel (6)

26 Country I left in a hurry (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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2B There’s no blog for this shape. (6) 2D A box for holding an accordion. (7)

2G Go wild if Aries sign is on a leaf. (7)

2N Not the drawer. (6)

3I Pass the semi to get there. (5)

5K Roy this belongs in the past. (7)