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Behind the Bima

Bonus Episode: Roundup #1

Behind the Bima

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

Josh Broide, Efrem Goldberg, Rabbi, Judaism, Philip Moskowitz, Education, Jewish, Bima, Self-improvement, Religion & Spirituality

4.8579 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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0:00.0

Wait a second, who is this guy? This is not the rabbis, these are not the host.

0:05.2

Hello everyone, I am Matthew Miller and I help to create the show. And I've brought to you

0:11.7

today the first two roundups of Behind the BEMA, where we'll give a roundup a compilation

0:18.0

of some of the highlights of the first 30 episodes. Hope everyone enjoys.

0:22.6

Michael Bullittsmith, a survivor of an early case of COVID-19,

0:25.6

talked about his experiences of being on a ventilator.

0:28.6

So Michael doesn't fully understand,

0:30.6

he's just learning all about what had happened

0:33.6

while he was on a ventilator for 22 days.

0:35.6

It's going to take a long time for him to fully understand.

0:38.3

I don't think I'll ever really be able to tell him exactly everything that happens.

0:43.3

There are things that went behind the scenes that I don't even know what happened.

0:47.3

There were so many people from our local and global Jewish community

0:50.3

who had been rallying behind us and helping us along the way. So first, I just

0:55.8

want to say thank you to everyone for helping us, for davening for us. Right after the first

1:01.2

days of Pasach on April 11th, Michael got extubated. It took him a few days, about a week, to feel

1:07.8

good enough to come home and he came home on Sunday. I remember before being intubated,

1:13.2

they had me talk to Alana and tell her what was going on, that they were going to put me in a coma

1:19.4

and intubate. I remember telling Alana that I really didn't want to do it. And she said,

1:26.6

you have to do it because the doctors are telling you to.

1:28.9

The rabbi's mothers joined the show to talk about what they thought their sons would become.

1:33.5

Okay, so when Josh was growing up, he always had very, very strong leadership qualities.

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