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Hello and welcome to Chutzpahd, real life lived better.

This week, I'm your only host, Hannah Rosen, not because I'm a megalomaniac, but because we have a special treat.

Rabbi Shira is going to deliver her sermon for Yom Kippur.

It is the next best thing to being able to be with her live in the synagogue.

And we'll be back next week with more of your letters.

Shira, take it away.

Thanks, Hannah.

Let's begin this morning with you.

If I were to ask you, what was your first big no?

What would you tell me?

Like, the first time you were fired from a job or you got an F on a paper

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