From Bokoratone, Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Rav Moshe Maisalman, Rush Yeshiyah of Yashivas Taurus Moshe.

Rav Maisalman discusses his relationship with his Rebi, the Ravs,

shares his definition of what a Yashiva should provide its students, and explains how he spent his time in university.

Also, the rabbis prepare for the flurry of Yhiva Week visitors. And is there any value to religious labels? All this and more, behind the Bima. Good evening, Wednesday night 9 p.m. I'm Rebaea from Gover, joined by my colleague and my dear friend by Josh Brody. Again on location this week, we'll find out where. And we're here to take you

behind the bema. Behind the Bima. What a special behind the Bima it is. What a big schuss.

The Rasha Shiva of Meiselman, Shivas Torres Moshe, super excited. Rabbi Salavichik's nephew to listen to

learn so much about that special relationship, about Torres Mosa, about what he tries to mold and shape in his

Talmuddin in his students.

But before we get to Rabbi Mazzelman, Rabbi Brody, this is a big week.

It's a big week on the Jewish calendar.

I don't know if the funeral home calendars carry this date on that calendar yet.

I don't know if it appears in the Lua, but this is a big, big week on the Jewish calendar.

I know you're talking about uh yeshiva week but i'm thinking you also had the the your side of the balatania

this week as well so i'm not sure which which direction we're going here yeah your side of the balatania

a lot of very important significant ure sites but this week begins yeshiva week is a fixture on the calendar today. In Florida, we prepare for yeshiva week, much like people prepare for a hurricane. You go out and you buy supplies early, you fill your cars with gas, you try to, you hunker down, you don't go out, and you let the storm pass. And when it's safe to emerge again, you can emerge again. But you have all the supplies and everything you need in the meantime. Am I exaggerating, Rabbi Brody? Not at all. First of all, it began already. I guess there's different schedules to some, some yeshivas and some schools and some communities have off already last week. I went to meet someone at our bagel store. All of a sudden, I've never seen this before. There is a sign outside the bagel store. Please wait to be seated. Wait to be seated. What do you mean? There's always a seed. I look in. I don't recognize it. It is an amazing phenomenon. In fact, it's such a fixture in institution, such a phenomenon. Wikipedia now has an entry on Yeshiva Week. But the truth is, it's not Yeshiva Week. Like you said, it's Yeshiva Weeks because New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Cleveland, everybody's staggering it now. Instead of coordinating, cooperating, they don't want to overlap with others, whatever they're thinking is. I don't understand the phenomenon fully, but it's now staggered. So we have several weeks. It might be yeshiva month, not yeshiva week.

But we love it. We love it and we're lucky. And I want to remind our fellow Floridians that we get

to live in the paradise that others flock to for one week. We get to live there all year round.

So be patient, be humble, be gracious, be warm, be welcoming, be patient.

And in fact, several years ago, I wrote an open letter about Yeshiva Week, both to the visitors and to the locals.

And I received, I think, three or four requests, two restaurant owners.

And some people asked me to re-release it.

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