Sowing Tears and Reaping Joy

Jewish Geography

Oct 3, 201725:30Religion & Spirituality

In this week's episode of the Jewish Geography podcast I discuss some of the difficulties I had around Yom Kippur this year, talk about what purpose sacrificing comfort can serve in our relationship with God and, ultimat...

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