From Bokuritome, Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

This week, the rabbis are joined by the renowned Israeli singer Akeva Tursima.

Together, they explore Akeba's rise to fame, his deep personal connection to the music that unites the Jewish people, and his inspiring message of hope and resilience.

Tune in for an intimate conversation that goes beyond the music.

All this and more, Behind the Bima. We're here with the one and only the great Akiva Tursiman. We are behind the Bima, behind the bima, and we're behind the concert because we're about to have an incredible concert at Bukertan Synagogue. 1,100 people after an incredible Shabbas and an incredible Mosei Shabbas together with our. Just want to say, Akiva, it's been a great honor to have you in our community. We're so looking forward to tonight to this concert. And Akiva and I are a Meshpacha. Akiva's brother-in-law is my cousin, the great Itai. So we've already been connected from the small world. Bar barra Hashem but I want to begin by

really thanking you not only for being such an incredible musician who produces

music that touches the heart but for serving Ami saw this last year and a half on

the front lines fighting for the Jewish people I saw you in concert soon after the war

began you were wearing your uniform you came in you put your gun down, you picked up your gun, you went back out to the front.

So in Israel, only in Israel. Mika Amhah Israel, you could be a celebrity singer, but when Am Israel needs you, there's no celebrity, there's no singer. There's like everybody else. So what was that like when you got the call to go fight and to join to be part of the idea to come as a reservist to put down your career and your family and to go out and join the Jewish people on the front line and fight?

So it's very special. First of all, it's so especially for me. It's great honor for me to be here. And thank you for having me here. Nice to meet you and you.

All of you and beautiful people, beautiful, they met. It's beautiful a sia of Torah. First of all, I'm a shocked.

I've never, never been in like in this place like this.

And to be a singer in Israel, it's not, it's not like a thing to be a superstar in the

in US.

You know, you have to be in your, your legs on grounded.

You have to be, you know, I came from there, I grew up like anyone.

I grew up, I grew up in Dimona, it's in the middle town in the desert.

And I went to Yeshiva and after the yeshiva I went to

Galani and they are called me and so I came right and you know I have a I have a song about

about this shooting you know you you you don't need to tell a complicated stories about you

can you lachman say Tiaf a shoot with a mean so it's simple they called you you can't

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