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What Do You Say to People with Cancer?

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Rabbi Shais Taub

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  1. 0:00When I was a very young rabbi, I would eagerly accept any offer to speak to…
  2. 2:04do. And and but this only occurred to me as I was pulling up to the…
  3. 4:06okay if they think I'm an idiot. It's not okay if they think that 3,000 years…
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  6. 10:18Horrific. Moments of my life that are horrific. And yet if I'm looking at as a…
  7. 12:23So at that point I heard a voice and I want to explain something to you…
  8. 14:25cancer." They say, "Oh, no. You're giving up. You She says, "I'm not giving up. I'm…
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