A Treasury of Life (Sep 18, 2020)
High Holiday Sermons
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15m
Occasion(s) / Erev Rosh Hashanah
The pandemic has contracted our horizons and cost us innumerable losses, but we can still find hope and meaning in what we do. Rabbi Cosgrove encourages us to find and create beauty and joy even within the smaller scale of our lives.
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