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An article on the responsum of Rabbi Moses Provencal in the sixteenth century concerning the playing of tennis on the Sabbath, by Robert W. Henderson, librarian of the New York Racquet and Tennis club, will be featured in the July issue of the Jewish Quarterly Review, Dr. Cyrus Adler, editor, disclosed today.https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315