From Bokrotome, Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Lori Palatnik, founding director of Momentum.

Laurie discusses how she became religious and her journey as Erbidson, shares her vision for momentum, and explains why the best is yet to come.

Plus, Chronica during COVID, fond memories of growing up with snow dates.

And where in the world are some people listening from?

All this and more, behind the Bima.

Welcome and a happy Hanukkah to all behind the Bimuth.

Wednesday night, 9 p.m.

I am Rabbi Ephraim Gober.

Join with my dear friends, Rabbi Philip Moskowitz and Rabbi Josh Brody. We are here to take you Behind the Bima. Behind the Bima. We've got a very special guest tonight. This is our second week in a row that we have a guest who has woken up at 4 a.m. in Israel. That is devotion. That is dedication, That is also a testament to you, the audience of

behind the Bima, and their desire to be able to reach you and to be able to speak to you.

And I'm having microphone problems again, and I don't know why.

They're my masochist getting up before. I want to thank our general sponsor tonight, Gil Stein, the proprietor of Hercules roofing. Herculesroofing.com, all your roofing needs. I've used him personally. We've used them for the shul. He's a great leader of the community. We're so grateful to him. So thanks, Gil, for that wonderful leadership in our community. Hercules roofing, anybody needs. gentlemen, how's your Hanukkah? Can I say also about Gil? He's, you know, speaking of the guests we're about to have, he's so interested in trying to inspire other Jews. When he meets people through his business, he always calls and he says, listen, I found someone else. You know, give him a call. I want to have them over. He's great. He is fantastic. He does care. He's part of that mission.

The BRS mission, the BRS movement. We've talked about it. We're going to keep talking about it. It's much more than just locally, geographically. It's part of something bigger. Our guest tonight, Laurie Palatnik, shares that BRS movement, that vision, those ideals. That's why we are aligned, as to so many others.

And you're going to hear more about that in the coming weeks.

How has your Hanukkah been? Corona Hanukkah.

Normally Hanukkah is packed on activity. Every night you're running out. The next thing to go to.

This year is obviously very different. How has Corona Hanukkah been in your homes?

Corona Chanica is great. I mean, every year is phenomenal. There are, there's still a number of events, socially distance, masked events around the community. So it's not like it's fully in the house all the time. But it's great. I love Hanukkah. I love lighting the candles with the family. I will tell you, I did hear from someone this week, and I'm curious to hear your impressions. Someone told me they feel a lot of pressure while lighting the Hanukkah candles,

right? We rabbis build up the Hanukkah candles as this inspirational, spiritual moment,

gather around with your children, this blissful utopian experience. And what happens in most houses?

You go to light the candles, and this kid is picking on that kid, this thing. So you guys, every night, I'm waiting for that blissful experience and all I get is fighting in my house. You guys have that. The truth is that you can even describe it as the best. And I say this every year is that too many people make the tragic mistake of lighting the candles and then they run out of the room in order to exchange the gifts and fry the lotkas and eat the sufkaniot and run to the activities and spin the dreidel and do all the other parts of Hanukkah. But really what we're meant to do, and if I wouldn't have to move my whole operation upside down, I would turn around to the beautiful candles I'm looking at. at and you're supposed to in l'en l-h-h-mishabam you're not allowed to use them elit rosa and bavad you're

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