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Shalom and welcome back to chutzpad. Real life lived better, where each week we apply a little bit of Jewish tradition to answer a letter sent by you, the listener, about an issue that is live in your life.

I'm Rabbi Shira Stutman.

And I'm Hannah Rosen.

Hey, Hannah.

So today's going to be a little bit different.

We have a whole book that we're going to be talking about instead of one letter.

Yes, I'm very excited because I just read the book and there's so much in there that I want to talk about.

Great, great, great, great. The person that we're going to be talking to today is Rabbi Sharon Brous, who has recently written a book called the Amen Effect. Did you say Amen?

I said Amen. Amen is the Hebrew way to say it. What do you say? Amen. I thought Amen was the fake Hebrew way to say it.

And then amen was kind of the way American said it.

And then, you know, I don't know, Hebrew's just a little more clipped.

Amen.

It's just, you know, zippier or something.

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