And b contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Pleased to welcome rabbi steve leder back to this program, the senior rab at one of americas largest and most important congregations located in the heart of los angeles. His latest text is titled more beautiful than before how suffering transforms. Hes a great guy, more important than that, he is my friend of 30 years, i think. 30 years. Good to see you, my friend. You as well. I told you months ago when i heard you were doing this i wanted to have you on to talk about this, because were living in a moment now where so many people are suffering with and from so many things. And yet, because suffering tends to happen in dark and desolate places, we cant see how when were in it, it ultimately transforms us. Yes. Tell me the back story for why you came how you came to write this one. Well, you can imagine, being a senior rabbi of a congregation with, you know,10,000 people in it, that you see an awful lot of suffer
And b contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Pleased to welcome rabbi steve leder back to this program, the senior rab at one of americas largest and most important congregations located in the heart of los angeles. His latest text is titled more beautiful than before how suffering transforms. Hes a great guy, more important than that, he is my friend of 30 years, i think. 30 years. Good to see you, my friend. You as well. I told you months ago when i heard you were doing this i wanted to have you on to talk about this, because were living in a moment now where so many people are suffering with and from so many things. And yet, because suffering tends to happen in dark and desolate places, we cant see how when were in it, it ultimately transforms us. Yes. Tell me the back story for why you came how you came to write this one. Well, you can imagine, being a senior rabbi of a congregation with, you know,10,000 people in it, that you see an awful lot of suffer