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you know because i'm telling them what they should eat you know going forward and they say well let's not have my favorite list of things to eat but let's then we go off of this tangent yeah and it really it's kind of nice because it takes the focus away from frankly the pain exactly yeah so i learned a lot a lot about people about their

So, um, you know, I know that we're kind of connecting spirituality and religious aspects of all of this. And I think that they're interconnected and complementary, like we said. I want to bring up something that just happened this week, and you'll appreciate this. So Rabbi Goldberg was officiating at a funeral of a friend of mine on Monday. And

So, um, you know, I know that we're kind of connecting spirituality and religious aspects of all of this. And I think that they're interconnected and complementary, like we said. I want to bring up something that just happened this week, and you'll appreciate this. So Rabbi Goldberg was officiating at a funeral of a friend of mine on Monday. And

And I was there, and this person who passed away was a very good, dear friend who I'd known for a long, long time. And as we in Judaism are coming into Hanukkah, okay, which is starting tomorrow night, which when everybody in the listening audience hears this, Hanukkah will probably be over, but that's okay. You'll still get the drift of our conversation here. So

And I was there, and this person who passed away was a very good, dear friend who I'd known for a long, long time. And as we in Judaism are coming into Hanukkah, okay, which is starting tomorrow night, which when everybody in the listening audience hears this, Hanukkah will probably be over, but that's okay. You'll still get the drift of our conversation here. So

You mentioned something that really just hit me. You said that this person who passed away was like a shamash, okay? And for those in the listening audience, when you light a menorah for Hanukkah, there's one candle, there's eight candles, but then there's the ninth, what's called the shamash, which... In English, I think means the attendant or the helper or what have you.

You mentioned something that really just hit me. You said that this person who passed away was like a shamash, okay? And for those in the listening audience, when you light a menorah for Hanukkah, there's one candle, there's eight candles, but then there's the ninth, what's called the shamash, which... In English, I think means the attendant or the helper or what have you.

That is used to light the other candles, okay? You can't light just the candles. You have to use this shamash, the attendant, to do that. And you mentioned in your eulogy that my friend was like that. He kind of lit other people up. And, you know, that moment in your eulogy was, you know, put aside the religious aspect of it. But visually, visually, that became really spiritual for me.

That is used to light the other candles, okay? You can't light just the candles. You have to use this shamash, the attendant, to do that. And you mentioned in your eulogy that my friend was like that. He kind of lit other people up. And, you know, that moment in your eulogy was, you know, put aside the religious aspect of it. But visually, visually, that became really spiritual for me.

Really spiritual. That here's an individual that lit up the lives of many, many people throughout his life. And so there can be moments, I think, moments where you just hear something, you know, like I did when you presented this, that can do it for you as well. Do you sense that or hear that from other people, or is it just me? I don't know.

Really spiritual. That here's an individual that lit up the lives of many, many people throughout his life. And so there can be moments, I think, moments where you just hear something, you know, like I did when you presented this, that can do it for you as well. Do you sense that or hear that from other people, or is it just me? I don't know.

Yeah. But I, I, all I can say is thank you for that because it was, it was really, for me, it was special spiritual. Now, there are other things that can get us going. We're talking about lights. You go in the neighborhoods now and you see holiday lights, Christmas lights, and you know what? That makes us happy. Happiness is kind of, I think, part of the spiritual aspects of it all. It's just like

Yeah. But I, I, all I can say is thank you for that because it was, it was really, for me, it was special spiritual. Now, there are other things that can get us going. We're talking about lights. You go in the neighborhoods now and you see holiday lights, Christmas lights, and you know what? That makes us happy. Happiness is kind of, I think, part of the spiritual aspects of it all. It's just like

it's kind of better than darkness. I mean, absolutely.

it's kind of better than darkness. I mean, absolutely.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. So another thing I want to talk about is, you know, we've kind of talked or focused on perhaps personal spirituality, but I think there's also communal spirituality, okay? And for instance, I remember distinctly when President Kennedy was assassinated.

Yeah. Yeah. So another thing I want to talk about is, you know, we've kind of talked or focused on perhaps personal spirituality, but I think there's also communal spirituality, okay? And for instance, I remember distinctly when President Kennedy was assassinated.

I remember my parents saying to me that, okay, there's something that we, you know, as a family can do to feel better, okay, in this situation where there's this badness that's hit us all. And what did we do? We went to the synagogue.