Shabbat Sermon: Somebody Who Got Me - A Yizkor Sermon with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz




From the Bimah: Jewish Lessons for Life show

Summary: <p>You do not have to be Jewish to love <em>Shtisel</em>, the fabulous Netflix series about a Haredi family in Jerusalem.  While this family is Haredi, their problems are human and universal.  Anyone can relate to them.  Season 3 was just released, and one vignette is so poignant it captures the complexity of saying Yizkor.</p> <p>Shtisel, the family patriarch, has been a widower for seven years.  One day he  experiences heart pain.  He calls the number of his <em>kupat cholim</em>, his medical network in Israel.</p> <p>Again, while it’s about Israel, and the dialogue is in Hebrew, the story connects with any human anywhere who has ever been caught up in electronic phone hell and cold bureaucracy.</p>