Hey there and welcome to on Orthodox, it's Friday and we've already had an episode this week.

But we thought that this week, probably the most difficult week in Jewish history and

I don't know, probably 75 years, we don't want to be alone for Shabbat.

We want to be together and we want to be with you.

So we thought that we would very briefly check in with each other, check in with you and

end this week by focusing not on the terrible things that had happened, but on the things

that we could do to bring on the light.

So Josh and Melina, Stephanie Botnik, how are you, my friends?

I have been better.

I think this is a really tough week for everyone for Jews and the people who love them and

feeling heartbroken and just gutted by what we're seeing, feeling angry by some of the

responses we're seeing, feeling helpless.

Those of us who are really far away and don't really know what to do, feeling guilty that

it feels like there's nothing we can do and also feeling inspired by the things we're

seeing already, both from just amazing stories coming from Israel and also from mobilization

efforts in the United States and everywhere else in the diaspora of people just coming

together, being together, sending things, just I mean, the things we've seen are just

really amazing and so yeah, I'm trying to focus on the inspiration piece and just realizing

that in dark times this community is coming together in an amazing way and just really

trying to feel moved by that.

Josh, how has it been like for you?

I like most of you know, I feel utterly shell-shocked and I've been living down a rabbit

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