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Hi, everyone. Welcome back to Hutzpah. Real life lived better. I'm Rabbi Shira Stupman. And I'm Hannah Rosen.

Each week, we are going to read a real life question from a listener and we're going to discuss it. Right? It can be about anything, not just Jewish things. And at the end, we'll call the listener and tell them what we've come up with. So if you have any question, now's your time, people.

Submit them on our website at chutzpah.com.

All right, Hannah, here's my question for you.

Today's question is going to be about rabbinical school.

Were you ever inspired to be a rabbi at any point in your

life? Shera, have you ever met me? Well, did you hear my hemming and hawing as I was asking

you that question? I was like, is there any way the answer to this is yes? No, there is. No way. I mean,

if you, I would be, I mean,

I understand that I have some qualities of empathy, but the Israelis in me is so strong

that there would be just many times where I would say like, are you kidding me? The discipline

that would be required for me to tamp down my rudeness and put my face

in an empathetic stance most of the time, it would be a chore.

I'm not you.

Yeah.

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