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- ↑ Learning Experience
- ↑ Rabbi Chaim Brovender, The Kollel Student
- ↑ Jewish Education Beyond High School
- ↑ Ohr Torah Stone Archived October 4, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Levine, JJ (2008-04-24). "Hi-tech Torah learning". The Jerusalem Post . Retrieved 2008-05-11.[ dead link ]
- ↑ Rabbi Brovender beaten by PA police Archived September 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Haaretz , 6 October 2000