From Bocceret-on-Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Alex Clare, a singer-songwriter whose music has reached audiences around the world,

and whose personal journey has taken him far beyond the stage.

Known for his powerful voice and chart-topping success, Alex shares candidly about fame, pressure, identity,

and the unexpected path that led him toward

faith, meaning, and responsibility. Alex explores what it means to slow down, to choose

values over applause, and to redefine what a meaningful life truly looks like. All this and more,

Behind the Bima. This season of Behind the Bima is sponsored by Julie Charleston and Daryl Benjamin

in honor of their grandparents, Morton and Malvina Charleston, and their children, Ruby and Maccabi Benjamin.

Welcome back to Behind the Bima, my dear friend and colleague, Rabbi Moskowitz.

Pine the Bima is back and it's back on a roll.

Better than ever.

I've been getting emails from people.

They're so grateful.

I say, thank you.

I'm back.

People are creatures of habit and routine. And I guess whatever podcast you listen to were part of it. And I don't know about others, but I don't get a chance that often. But I try to go for a walk every day or when I drive, which is not often or far distances. but you open your podcast player, you have the podcast you subscribe to, and then they come up based on when a recent episodes come. And the ones that haven't had a recent episode in a long time get pushed to the bottom. Then you wonder like, what's going on. So we were in the push to the bottom, wonder what's going on. And we've had a great string. Incredible guests, great conversations. If you haven't heard them catch up, but it's always good to be back.

And you know what? The fun of it is that we enjoy them. We're talking to people that we enjoy

learning from and listening to. And, you know, personally, I'm just learning a lot from a lot of

these conversations. Yeah, me too. And last week's episode, if you haven't heard it, make sure to

catch it, Rabbi Glastin, Robert Daniel Gladstein. And he left me a message

afterwards. He says, you know, I re-listened. I heard it now that it's out. I don't think I'm violating his confidence in this voice note. And he said, wow, you really caught me sort of unplugged and you let me get personal. That was great. So he appreciated it. And if you, somebody who you've read his forum and his books and you've heard his 13,000 talks online. You wonder who's the man behind

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