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Hello, and welcome back to Chutzpodd, real life lived better, where each week we apply

learning from Jewish tradition and Jewish mothers 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. We're back to answer

real life questions. But before we do that, Shira, I'm going to update everyone on the letter

writer from last episode. Okay. Her name was Natalie. And if you remember, she received a bunch of

inheritance money from her grandma, but her grandma was not that great.

And so Natalie was struggling with how to spend that money, how much to keep, how much to give to Zadaka, and Natalie made her decision.

She wrote to us and she said, Dear Hutzpah, I decided to give 10% of my inheritance to RIP medical

debt, an organization that clears medical debt for folks under a certain income or with a certain

debt ratio. Natalie, we can all agree, is an excellent person. Yes. But on top of that, she also

put an offer on a condo. Great. So, Mazel tov, Natalie.

Awesome.

Barach Hashem.

Now, Shira.

Yes.

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