Shalom, Kavarim, Banot, and welcome to another very special episode of the world's number one Jewish podcast.

I have to ask for a small favor.

As an independent show, we don't have a massive marketing machine behind us.

Our growth is purely organic, fueled by dedicated viewers and listeners like you.

So if you would be so kind, please take 30 seconds,

head over to Apple Podcasts and Spotify, find this show, and leave me a five-star rating and a short

written review. I love seeing all of your thoughtful and generous feedback. Some of it has even

made it onto the show and may again. And as of this recording,

we are just eight ratings away from hitting 500 on Apple. Crossing that threshold would be a huge

milestone for us. It's a small mitzv on your part, but it really is the fuel that allows us to

keep these amazing conversations going. So thank you in advance. Unless you don't leave a rating, in which case you're a butthead. Last season, we brought you the last. I didn't know what a bar mitzvah was. I thought it was. Get on a bar and you show your mitzvah. We brought you the joy. Come to Hanukkah, come to Passover.

We brought you the honest conversations you want to hear.

I laugh for them and I cry for them.

But most importantly, we brought you together.

We formed a family, sometimes literally.

Sounds like you're really slowing down, mom.

A family for Jews of every age, color, sect, and profession.

I'm in.

And for the Allies, brave enough to stand with us.

A truly global community.

Can we imagine Jews, please, as we imagine other minorities?

Where no topic is taboo.

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