Every day, we lose hundreds of Americans to what experts are calling “deaths of despair,” which include suicide, opioid addiction, alcohol abuse, and other self-destructive measures. Why would so many people, living in the most prosperous nation in human history, lose all hope in the future? Our guest this week, Rabbi David Lau, the former Chief Rabbi of Israel, joins us to deliver surprising insight on this question: Moses, he argues, saw it all coming, and left behind a clear prescription on how to reject despair and live a life of joy and gratitude instead.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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