2.11 Facing the December Dilemma
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🗓️ 23 December 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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We're deep into Hanukkah and Joshua and Rabbi Shira share listener stories and advice on how to navigate the December holidays as an interfaith family or couple. Should your child have to wear Christmas pajamas to school? How do you integrate traditions and food? How much egg nog ice cream can Josh's parents eat? Find out all this and more in this week's episode.
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(03:30) Diving into Listener questions
(42:10) Rabbi Shira's Guided Meditation
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