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Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center: Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann

U.S. Army Dept: COLUMBUS, Ohio - As Holocaust survivors languished in displacement camps around Europe at the close of World War II, the U.S. Army gave them some of their first tangible connections to their faith since before the war: passages from the Talmud, according to Winnipeg Free Press. The two tractates, or passages that help make up a collection of religious and civil law known as the Talmud, are dated 1946 and belong to a limited number of such books the U.S. Army authorized for publication and in this photo taken Wednesday, April 4, 2012 released by The Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center shows from left, son, Mendy, Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann, and sons, Yitzi and Shea, taken at The Lori Schottenstein Chabad Center in Columbus, Ohio. Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann bought tractates, or passages that make up religious and civil law known as the Talmud, from an auction house. They are part of a limited number of books the U.S. Army authorized for publication. AP Photo/HO, Lorn Spolter Now two pieces of that limited printing have ended up in the hands of an Ohio rabbi, who will be using one in a pre-Passover service on Friday as historians ponder their rarity and debate their impact on history. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.