If your New Year's Resolution involves coming clean, this one's for you.

There's something titillating about secrets in Judaism, but should we have them? Rabbi Shira and Hanna help a listener who wants to unburden a big secret with her father.

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A favorite from the archive!

Comedian, podcaster and “Subculture Vulture” Moshe Kasher joins Rabbi Shira and Hanna to help a listener pull (or not pull) a geographic.

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Today, we’re sharing a special episode from our friends at The Five Books. Join host Tali Rosenblatt-Cohen as she speaks with Rabbi Benjamin Resnick about his debut novel, Next Stop, a work of speculative fiction that explores the precariousness of Jewish American life through the lens of one family. He also discusses how the literature that’s meant the most to him throughout his life has also influenced his own work.

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In between the movie and Chinese food, enjoy one of our favorite recent episodes.

Is a Jewish Santa kosher? Rabbi Shira & Hanna Rosin ponder the ethics of Christmas cosplay in this very merry episode. 

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As you're buying gift after gift for Hannukah, enjoy this gem from our archives.

What to do when you want to teach your children gratitude, humility and the value of a dollar, but your mother’s “greatest joy in life” is spoiling them rotten. Rabbi Shira and Hanna talk about money myths, values and honoring thy father and mother. 

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It’s the season of giving, so we’re revisiting one of our favorite episodes from the archive. We’ll be back answering new questions soon. So please send them to [email protected]

What happens if you receive an unexpected inheritance from a person you’ve cut out of your life? Should you keep it? Give it away to charity? Join Rabbi Shira and Hanna as they balance the rules of Torah with the financial realities of life.

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Rabbi Shira and Hanna are joined by Rabbi Sharon Brous to talk about what she calls the “The Amen Effect” – what it means to be heard and seen during times of joy and grief and how a deeper connection to the Jewish community can actually help us cross tribal lines. Rabbi Brous is the founder of IKAR, an influential progressive Jewish congregation in Los Angeles and the author of The Amen Effect: Ancient Wisdom to Mend Our Broken Hearts and World.

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Friendsgiving plans got you down? Enjoy one of our favorite recent episodes...

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Do you suffer from Friendship FOMO? Heartburn, fatigue, painful stabs of jealousy while looking at Instagram? Rabbi Shira and Hanna will provide some relief. Podcast host and producer Lauren Ober writes in. And Shira lets out her inner mean girl.  

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Saving seats at services is almost as old as Judaism itself. But should you do it?

A newly converted Jewish listener bristles at this convention and wonders if it’s ok to make her friends and family fend for themselves if they can’t make it on time. 

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Should second weddings be modest? Or is it kosher to go full bridezilla?

A listener asks for advice on how to deal with her sister’s seemingly over-the-top requests for her second Jewish wedding.

2nd weddings in the Torah:

Abraham and Ketura 

Boaz and Ruth

Rabbi Akiva 

Rav 

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A Grandma asks Rabbi Shira and Hanna how to share Jewish traditions with her grandchildren. How can she share these traditions without overstepping? How can she be a Jewish grandparent at a distance?

Resources for Jewish grandparents: 

Jewish Grandparents Network

PJ Library

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