Shalom Rosner and Sara Zimbalist: Loss, Faith, and Gratitude
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The episode discusses loss, faith, and gratitude in the context of Jewish history and personal experiences of grief.
In our annual Tisha B'Av episode of the 18Forty Podcast on the theme of loss, we speak with Rabbi Shalom Rosner, who delivered a widely shared eulogy for Eliyahu Moshe ("Eli Mo") Zimbalist, who was killed early in the Gaza war. We also speak with Eli Mo's mother, Sara Zimbalist. In this episode we discuss: —How do we hold the personal experience of loss together with the larger national narrative? —How does the experience of loss change with the passing of time? —What is the significance of this time in Jewish history? Interview with Rabbi Rosner begins at 27:09. Interview with Sara Zimbalist begins at 1:18:10 Tune in to hear a conversation about what continues to ache in the collective heart of the Jewish People—and how we manage to continue to cultivate gratitude. Rabbi Shalom Rosner is the Rosh Beis Medrash of the English-speaking program at JCT Machon Lev and the rabbi of the Nofei Hashemesh community in Beit Shemesh. A musmach of RIETS and graduate of Yeshiva University, he is widely known for his online Daf Yomi and other Torah shiurim , followed by thousands of learners worldwide. Renowned for his clarity in teaching complex sugyot , Rabbi Rosner has taught at Yeshiva…
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