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Wap Shalom, Rabbi. And I'm going to kiss, Lacko. And shalom to Nathan Englander.

We're trying something new with our opening shmying section. Josh and I were getting bored of each other's voices. So we thought we'd bring Nathan on. It's a tri-shmai. Boker Tov. Thanks for having me. So Nathan, welcome to chutzpah, ancient text for modern times. This is the part of the podcast where Josh and I shmai around for about 10 minutes. Talk about our Roshoshanas. Talk about the interview we're

going to have with Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg. And also talk about the play that you wrote, which is

just exquisite. I'm about halfway through reading it. And that Josh is in right now. But should we start with Rosh Hashanah? Did either of you do anything for Rosh Hashanah? Well, first of all, multiple days off for the play. I've destroyed the box office by refusing to act on Rosh Hashanah. That's okay. I already got a checked after 10 years of work that will cover dry cleaning,

so we don't need to make any more on the play. Literally, I bankrupted my family. But nonetheless,

I just want to say Josh is literally, my sister, who is deeply religious, is quite, she's very happy for it.

It bodes well, she believes, but I'm Josh. I want to say is is the Sandy Kofax of theater where we literally are, there are no shows on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. It's really a cool thing. That's right. Sukkhod I've given them. Sukkot I lost in the negotiations. The Shminiat Serat matinee is still on.

Is that a real one?

Is that a real one of those holidays?

Okay, so wait, is this your way of saying that neither of you actually ended up in any sort of organized synagogue on Russia Shana?

I went home to Los Angeles.

We're doing the play in San Diego.

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