Special Guest - R' Yitzchak Adlerstein
Behind the Bima
Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
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🗓️ 20 January 2022
⏱️ 75 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | From Bokuro-Atome, Florida, this is Behind the Bima. |
| 0:05.0 | On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein, director of Interfaith |
| 0:09.3 | Affairs at the Simon Wiesenthal Center. |
| 0:12.0 | Rabbi Adlerstein explains the difference between interfaith dialogue and building bridges, |
| 0:16.6 | shares what his lines are for who he's willing to work with and how he draws those lines, and discusses why interfaith relationships are so critical in the fight against anti-Semitism. |
| 0:26.6 | Also, recapping a special light at BRS with Rav Moshe Wimbler. |
| 0:30.6 | All this and more, behind the Bima. |
| 0:33.6 | Good evening, it's Wednesday night. I'm Rabbi Ephraim Goldberg, joined with Rabbi Josh Brody. |
| 0:38.3 | And we have a great and important conversation to bring to you tonight with Rev Yitzvite Gael Lerstein. |
| 0:42.3 | We're very grateful and excited that he had joined, agreed to join us. |
| 0:46.3 | A pre-recorded interview with him. That was recorded yesterday with me and Rabbi Moskowitz. |
| 0:52.3 | And it's an important conversation. It's a really |
| 0:55.7 | educational conversation and one that we're happy for you to hear. Tonight's behind the Bima's |
| 1:00.6 | sponsor for Rufu Shlema, al-Israel, all those who are ill, should have a speedy and a complete and a |
| 1:06.1 | painless recovery, should be healthy and happy and successful and wishing well to anyone who's ill |
| 1:11.7 | anywhere in the world should only have just the speediest and healthiest or foolish lima. |
| 1:16.2 | So this week's Pasha Yistro, story of receiving the Torah. |
| 1:19.3 | And we know that when we receive the Torah, the Jewish people miraculously all healed. |
| 1:22.9 | Whatever emotional scars, whatever mental illness, whatever physical elements, whatever was |
| 1:27.4 | out there |
| 1:27.7 | at Mount Sinai, they went away. The Torah, the receiving of the Tory healed them. So in the merit |
| 1:31.6 | of the receiving of the Torah this week, Parshizir, anyone who's sick, all the ill should have a |
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