From Boko Roto, Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

On this episode, the rabbis are joined by author and advocate Chava Willoughlevyvi.

Chava discusses what it was like growing up with her rabbinic brothers,

shares her perspectives on disabilities, and explains how she wants people to remember her.

Also, another special guest host joins Rabbi Goldberg. All this and more,

Behind the Bima.

Good evening. It is Wednesday evening. I am Rabbi Eferm Goldberg with my good friend,

with my best friend, Rebittenson, Yehavid Goldberg, and we are here to take you. Behind the Bima.

Behind the Bima, you could definitely do much better than that but honored and

excited to be going behind the bema together with you you have it and to welcome an incredible

guest tonight a really extraordinary extraordinary person chava williglevi who is a symbol of

overcoming adversity a source of inspiration really excited to be talking to her. But first, to be talking to you,

what's new, Reviton? Well, first of all, it's a tremendous honor to be here, to be a guest host. I don't think I've ever made it to this part of the show where I'm like from beginning to end. So I'm very honored and- We're always invited, by the way. It's okay. You have much more illustrious co-hosts, and I don't want to step on anyone's toes. Once in a while, it's fun to join you. And, you know, we don't often do these things together. You do your thing, and I do my thing. So it's nice when once in a while we team up. When you first started behind the BEMA, it was a hobby during Corona. It's really become such a big part of this world.

I would say so many people who comments on how they watch it.

So it's something that it's become, it's really blown up and become a big, a very big deal and a beautiful thing.

You're inspiring and you're instructive and interesting and

it's very enjoyable for people. Look forward to it Wednesday nights. Um, so it's a fun. Well, we have fun and we

are coming on our 100th episode and every episode we say, wow, that guest was amazing. And the truth is

our banter and our fun and our conversations, letting people go behind the BEMA with us. We hope it adds some value. But the real value are these guests. And each one has an inspiring story and something to learn and something to tell and hopefully can provoke some good conversation. And tonight's a perfect example of that. So tonight's our 95th episode. We're five away from 100. We're trying to plan a special 100th episode with some fun and some guests. Let us know who you'd like to see or what you'd like to see. How we can spend that and celebrate and have some fun. Feel free, of course, to comment, to rate and to review. But we're really excited to have Chahua Willough leave you with us tonight for our 95th. What you were saying is true. every time you think you've had like the best or you've had these amazing and I've been catching up on some recently or Saul blink off I thought was amazing. I thought he was amazing. I love the Jewish historians. I love very wine. Like all of these recent ones have been amazing and great. I'm like you can't possibly top these. And then you get these this woman tonight, Habulah, Liglivi, who is incredible and has so much to say and so much to teach and it's such an interesting life story. And you're like, I guess we keep going. There are more people out there. More people who fix this and to listen to and to get to know. And it's enriched our lives because all these people follow up and stay in touch. We were in Eritzishtra last year

visiting our Zah daughters, and we ran as Jamie Geller in the old city. And she's, oh, the Goldbergs. And, you know, there's a whole friendship there now because of your, you know, interview with her on Behind the B-Men. And so many others who have kept up invited us over, want to spend time, you know, have been in touch.

And it's, it's, it's. interview with her on Behind the B-Men, so many others who have kept up, invited us over,

want to spend time, you know, have been in touch. And it's really added a lot to our lives. It's very special. These are amazing personalities, and we have a real connection with them now. And it's definitely... It's enriching in a lot of ways. And I'll tell you one of the things I'm proud of, aside from the fact that we've never spent one penny, never paid a guest, and we don't put any money. Thank God. It's a fun and it's a hobby and it's a labor of love. But I'm also proud of the diversity of the guests that we have. And we've had Jews, non-Jews, religious Jews, and non-religious Jews and men and women. And there's something to learn from everybody. And I think that's what's exciting. And that way behind the bemo is sort of a microcosm for life is that if you'd go behind the bema with anyone in the world, you'll find something to learn. Don't take people at face value. And that's a real three weeks, nine days sort of messages. Don't just look at the surface, the superficial, and don't take people judge on the cover. But go behind the bema with people. Take the time to learn, to ask, to seek to understand because everyone, there's something to learn from, and it will get us to be thinking in a different direction. And it has, it's enriched our lives, the relationships afterwards, but it's also enriched our lives just going behind the beema and learning from people. Well, I feel like it's a microcosm of our lives and it's something that we've really worked on and is very meaningful and important to us. We both come from communities that are pretty homogeneous. We weren't exposed to that much growing up. We barach Hashem had wonderful childhoods and went to great schools and camps and had a great family and we were very, very blessed with that. But then we moved to Boka.

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