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Event Turning Loss into Possibility

Turning Loss into Possibility

With: Rabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

July 19, 2026 7pm (12pm EDT)

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Series: Echoes of Destruction

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Turning Loss into Possibility

Turning Loss into Possibility

Rabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

Series: Echoes of Destruction

July 19, 2026 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

Comfort: Seeing Beyond the Ruins

Comfort: Seeing Beyond the Ruins

Rabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy

Series: Echoes of Destruction

July 26, 2026 Sun | 7pm (12pm EDT)

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