What If We Said Yes?
The above excerpt is from WRJ CEO Rabbi Liz P.G. Hirsch's d'var torah from Friday evening of Fried Women's Conference in New Orleans, LA. Please find a full transcript of her excerpted remarks below.
For our final what if, I want to tell you a story.
Once, a
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