The work of understanding right and wrong, the best path to take, how we can best move through the world with integrity, accountability, care, and grow into the most honorable versions of ourselves (even when it's hard, so hard) is far from straightforward. Here, ancient and less ancient texts and principles help to guide us and illuminate the thorny path so that we can practice the fraught work of loving one another as ourselves even (or especially) when it's so, so hard.
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg
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