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Shabbat Sermon: Serendipity with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz

Published: Oct. 8, 2022, 5:21 p.m.

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Serendipity. When was the last time that you personally experienced serendipity?

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Serendipity is defined as something good happening to you accidentally.  The classic case is finding a twenty-dollar bill in the pocket of a coat you haven\\u2019t worn in a while. When you find that twenty-dollar bill, you weren\\u2019t looking for it, you just find it, it sparks joy, maybe even the feeling that there is some benign force that has our back.

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But is serendipity limited to something good happening to us accidentally? Is there any way to exercise some agency over serendipity? Is there any way for us to make serendipity happen?

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