From Bokorot's own Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

On this episode, the Rabbis are joined by Rabbi Common Samuels, founder of Shalva.

Rabbi Samuels talks about the origins of Shalva, shares inspiring lessons he has learned along the way,

and explains how he has maintained his faith in the Almighty.

Also, how do we define failure, and is there failure in sports?

And what gives the rabbi extra stress this time of year?

All this and more, behind the beema.

Good evening.

It is 9 o'clock Wednesday night.

I'm Rabbi F. Goldberg and joined by my dear friend and colleague

and a proud new dog owner, Rabbi Josh Brody.

We are here to take you... Behind the bema. We are here to take you behind the Bima on this 28th night of Sierra Soma. Just to prove to you that it's a live show, I couldn't say 28. I could say, I counted. Dada Mare. I made the Brahma. I counted. I could say 28th. On this 28th night of Syracoma. I counted, legit. It's among the most stressful things of their habit. I'll speak under a chuppah. I'll give a Shabashu, I'll do every night. Everyone's waiting. And I also, you can't help but get this feeling that a good percentage of the people are waiting to jump on you if you're wrong, if you got the wrong night. First of all, you have the the numbers right in front of you but you don't know if that's last night or that's correct right and then you even though you know you start second guessing yourself right maybe they didn't change the alert and you're like but did that app just give me the alert for the night it was that last night like where we at am? Am I wrong? We're always so sh-

But I don't think anyone would second guess you. I think like they would assume that you were right and they were wrong. You know, I mean, I wouldn't question it. I would assume that you did the right thing. You're a decent person. This should be the most stressful thing in my life. I understand. I'm not getting a lot of sympathy right now. I will just tell you, it's like an unnecessary stress.

I've tried checking off in the,

you know, printing out, like from Lowe,

you book, sympathy right now. I will just tell you, it's like an unnecessary stress.

I've tried checking off in the, you know, printing out, like from the OU booklet, check out each in that, the app, the mind, like, I don't have a good system. The OU app, I think, is great. I was walking on the school tonight. I should just dovet another shul for all Sphere for Marf. No, the OU email is fantastic because it emails you write when you need it.

But someone said, sometimes I get it precise and we daven. Right. You know, Shkiya, Marav. And some guy said to me on the way out, he's like, what if I don't check it at night? Sometimes I find, so I need a reminder in the morning. Just to stay in the game, you know. Interesting. I hear that. I want to thank our sponsor for behind the beam a second week in a row, our good friends. I was supposed to have a baby. We are

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I'm sure you know people struggling and suffering fertility. Secondary infertility. There are people

who get married. They have a baby right away.

Unfortunately, they're waiting, trying to have more. And their grandparents who are waiting to become grandparents. They have children. They're longing. They're wishing. They're waiting. And it's not a simple thing. And this is a great organization. I was supposed to have a baby. You know the people involved. Amy and others is amazing. and they've put it together this summit on May 7th via Zoom.

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