How Does Rav Gav Do It?

Behind the Bima

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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

4.8 • 579 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Behind the Bima, Rav Gav, beloved educator and dynamic teacher at Aish, joins the Rabbis for a wide-ranging, unfiltered conversation on what students are really thinking, what parents often get wrong, and why connection matters more than ever. With his signature humor and honesty, he shares what decades in the classroom have taught him about faith, identity, attention, and raising resilient, grounded children in a complicated world.

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0:00.0	From Bokriton, Florida, this is Behind the Bima.
0:03.5	On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Ravgav Friedman, a dynamic educator from 8th,
0:08.0	who has spent decades engaging students across Israel and around the world.
0:11.9	Known for his humor, energy, and unfiltered honesty,
0:14.6	Rabgav brings a grounded and refreshingly real perspective.
0:17.9	Rabgav challenges how we think about effort and growth,
0:20.5	discusses why pushing harder
0:21.7	isn't always the answer, and shares what today's students are really struggling with, how they're
0:26.0	often misunderstood, and what it means to guide without trying to control. All this and more, Behind
0:31.4	the Bima. This season of Behind the Bima is sponsored by Julie Charlestine and Darrell Benjamin,
0:37.3	in honor of their grandparents, Morton and Malvina Charleston, and their children, Ruby and Macabi Benjamin.
0:42.5	Welcome back to Behind the Bima, Rabbi Mosco. It's a little better rested, a little bit more focused than we were in our last introductory, which was on the heels of Pesaf.
0:52.4	Off the cuff, off the cuff. Got a lot of feedback on that, too, the heels of Pesach. Off the cuff, enough-scripted. Got a lot of feedback
0:54.9	on that, too, the way we started last episode. But good to be together again. How are you? It's great to be together again. How's your post-Pesach treating you? Post-Pesach is, there is no post-Pesach. Like, you're waiting for that downtime. It's always just the next busy time. Usually post-Pesach, I say this not to make anyone feel bad. I understand where
1:12.0	they're coming from, but sometimes it's M. Usually post-Pasach, I say this not to make anyone feel bad.
1:11.5	I understand where they're coming from.
1:12.8	But sometimes it's Motez-Pes-A-Pesach while putting the Pesach dishes away.
1:16.3	Other times it's the next morning. Rabbi, I've been meaning to ask you. You get that flurry of text and emails. Like, now that Pesac is behind you. It'd be like my, today's the 15th.
1:23.4	Tax day.
1:24.0	It'd be like my emailing the account tonight.
1:27.1	Now that all the taxes have been filed,
1:28.7	I'd like to meet about my finances and whatever.
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