Rabbi Deena's sermon from Yom Kippur on bravely beginning new things, complete with her first live guitar performance — Sweet Caroline!

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Read a transcript of this sermon on the Mishkan Blog.

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Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss.