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Behind the Bima

Special Guests - The Bluefelds and Rick Smith Jr.

Behind the Bima

Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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

4.8579 Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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0:00.0

From Bocortem, Florida, this is Behind the Bima.

0:04.0

On this episode, the rabbis are joined by Rick Smith Jr., illusionist and world record-holding card-throwing magician.

0:10.0

Rick discusses how he got his start in card-throwing, talks about the meaning he finds in performing magic, and performs an amazing trick live.

0:18.0

Plus, a conversation with Lou and Edith Blufeld, a local couple who just celebrated

0:22.4

their 80th wedding anniversary. The Blufelds share stories culled from two centuries of life

0:27.4

experience and reveal how they stayed happily married for eight decades. Also, looking back at

0:32.9

Last Purin, not knowing what was about to follow, and is it better to push back against

0:37.1

cancel culture or lean into it to fight anti-Semitism?

0:40.5

All this and more on a Purim edition of Behind the Bima.

0:45.8

Hi, I'm Rabbi Goldberg.

0:47.4

Here's my dear friend, Rabbi Moskowitz and Rabbi Bauden.

0:50.1

We are here to take you behind the Bima.

0:54.0

Guys, what are you doing here?

0:56.2

What do you mean?

0:56.8

You guys are getting old.

0:57.7

We're planning for your retirement.

1:00.0

Retirement?

1:00.7

We're just getting started.

1:02.4

Guys, it's bedtime.

1:05.3

It is Wednesday night.

1:10.2

9 p.m.

1:10.9

I'm your host, Rabbi F.

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