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Chutzpod!

2.19 A Big Mailbag Episode

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Chutzpod!

Judaism, Religion & Spirituality

5.0531 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

This week we step back and answer your questions. Listen to Rabbi Shira and Sarah Podemski dig into the ideas of spirituality, what it means to be Jewish, the tension between keeping kosher and protecting our environment, and "God's plan." A trigger warning: this podcast does discuss death by suicide at the 38:30 mark.

Episode Timecodes:

(50:15) - Rabbi Shira's Guided Meditation

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, chutzkwad. We know you love thoughtful Jewish conversation. So there's another podcast we think you should check out. It's called Being Jewish with Jonah Platt.

0:09.6

Jonah has the kind of conversations that don't feel reactive or hysterical or trapped in hot takes. He makes space for complexity instead of trying to win an argument.

0:19.1

Jonah talks to artist, public figures, thinkers, Jewish and not, including Seinfeld's

0:24.4

Jason Alexander, former hostage Eli Shurabi, comedian Modi Rosenfeld, CNN's Jake Tapper, and Cindy

0:32.1

Crawford.

0:33.0

The podcast is about the beautiful and complicated parts of Jewish life.

0:36.7

So if you want something smart, expansive, and grounded, check out Being Jewish with Jonah Platt on Apple, Spotify, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:46.9

Or visit BeingJewishpodcast.com. Hello, Rabbi.

1:05.3

Hello, Sarah. I'm so happy to see you.

1:08.8

Ooh, me too. Welcome back to chutzpod.

1:11.8

Ancient texts for modern times.

1:13.6

I have to say this is my like favorite kind of episode, the mailbag episode.

1:19.2

And we received so many emails.

1:24.2

Such great stuff.

1:25.6

I know, right?

1:27.0

I just want to begin by saying I'm sorry. I great stuff. I know, right? I just want to begin by saying, I'm sorry.

1:30.6

I feel like, you know, people are really sort of opening their hearts and we just can't answer

1:35.5

all of them today. So we picked the ones that we thought might have the widest resonance and the

1:40.9

ones that would sort of build on your life experience a little bit.

1:49.6

So, you know, like the deep dive into what is reconstructionism is just going to have to wait for another time.

1:50.5

Yeah.

1:51.7

A whole other episode.

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