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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to chutzpahd. Real life lived better.

We have a lot to introduce on this first episode back from hiatus.

Actually, most importantly, is our new co-host.

Hello, Hannah Rosen. Hi, Rabbi Shira.

Okay, so we're going to do something a little bit new on chutzpah this time around.

Each week, we're going to read a listener question, and then Hana and I are going to discuss it.

The question can be about anything. In weeks to come, we're going to have questions about

whether to take money from a mean grandma. We're going to have questions about assisted suicide. We're going to have

questions about whether to have kids or not. And Hana and I are going to discuss it using Jewish

tradition and, of course, our own brilliance. And we're going to come up with an answer. And then,

more often than not, we're going to call the listener and tell them the answer we've come up with. Sound good, Hannah? Yeah, sounds

excellent. Great. So tell us a little bit about yourself, Hannah. What's your role on

Khatzpad going to be? I was thinking you bring the Jewish tradition and I bring the brilliance. Is that,

is that not right?

I don't think I've told you this yet, Rabbi Shira, but I am the student and I'm getting private lessons.

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