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Behind the Bima

BONUS EPISODE | Sapir Cohen and Sasha Troufanov: A Light in the Darkness

Behind the Bima

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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

4.8579 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg hosts a moving evening at Boca Raton Synagogue with former hostages Sasha Troufanov and Sapir Cohen. In this deeply personal conversation, they share reflections on captivity, faith, survival, and the strength that sustained them in darkness.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Ladies and gentlemen, what a night. What a miracle, what a privilege. What incredible evening that collectively our prayer has come true.

0:12.8

That's up here. We hosted you here in this very spot when everything seems so hopeless and so bleak.

0:18.3

And we prayed with you from the bottom of our hearts for

0:21.2

Sasha who we didn't know then and we ended with an invitation that the two of you

0:26.6

will come back to Boka and here we are our hope and our dream our prayer is

0:32.0

answered welcoming the two of you just a few weeks before your wedding

0:36.1

be azzat Hashem and there it's Israel.

0:38.3

So welcome.

0:43.3

Thank you very.

0:48.3

As Rebem-Masquovs mentioned, all of us are following the news very closely, very carefully.

0:53.3

We don't know what will be with America and Israel and Iran.

0:58.0

And we know that tension is particularly heavy for you.

1:02.0

With that wedding date set in March, and with so much to do to get ready,

1:07.0

and it means even more to us that you're here, and that you're with us us tonight and that you are committed to continue to travel to tell your story.

1:14.8

I'll share that I was showing Sasha and Sapir the videos of when Barr Cooperstein was just here.

1:21.0

And that night that we'll never forget.

1:23.3

And Sasha said, they're not sick and tired of hearing hostage stories.

1:27.3

They're going to come listen.

1:29.3

So I want to show you, as long as you want to sit here tonight, as long as you want to talk, we'll be here.

1:35.3

We want to listen.

1:40.3

And I want you to know that all of us, not only the people who are here present in person,

1:44.3

but all those around the world, Jews and good, decent people everywhere.

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