Despair is Not an Option

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Mar 19, 202018:57Religion & Spirituality

In his Shabbat message for Parashat Beshallah (Saturday, February 8), Rabbi Knopf discusses the importance of hope in the Jewish tradition, and how it calls upon us to march forward, even and especially in dark times. Ho...

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