This week in the episode of "Lema Mi Met" Gal Zeinacher Eda who lost her son about 5 years ago hosts Yair Tahori who lost his father about two and a half years ago and still maintains the laughter and optimism.
The Israeli system today
Good concept for a funeral
Full disclosure, Zeichner and Tahouri are in the same boat, and this time, not only because of the shared sense of loss but the blood bond that binds them.
Although, it doesn't really matter when talking about death, but when talking about laughter, optimism and joy of life you can say "the apple didn't fall far from the tree".
Already at the beginning of the episode, Zeichner declares with a smile, "How fun it is that you're here, there will be laughs for sure" and in response Tahori answers her, "Of course, I even came with the appropriate shirt, but - smiley."
The two laugh unrecognizably and agree "It's a good concept for the funeral to come with a smiley shirt" Tahori adds witty sarcasm "Especially if you're the mourner and they don't know how to approach you, he must be good they think"
A closing conversation and the six years after it
Not three minutes pass and the two dive deep into the black jokes and without noticing, the depth is already coming.
Immediately I understand, I know how the podcast starts but it is not clear to me how it is going to end, which intrigues me even more.
Zeichner, trying to promote the conversation, asks "So how do we approach you?"
Vethuri arrived prepared, doesn't struggle too much and talks about the loss that comes after a malignant discovery that prepared the family for the bitter end.
"Everyone knew it was going to happen, he himself knew and even prepared us. There was a Friday dinner like this, pretty much at the beginning, where there was a closing conversation even though he lived for six years later."
Hatzel, arrests and the glory of the deceased
"Father made us swear not to leave the country," Tahori says.
His father's parents were revisionists who fought "for every piece and every question" as he put it, so much so that past Zionism runs through his veins.
"It passed to him and it works for us in the will and we stay here regardless of a legal revolution, my money stays here - my minus is with you."
A pure number with sarcasm mixed with truth.
Tahori went on to tell about the family strategy according to which the parents who fought with and were imprisoned by the British hold an aura around all those stories.
"What a face we have now to get out of the country. Where will we go? To Germany?"
Tahori adds with a laugh and a smile.
A man of principles
He once told a story that he went to Germany for work because he would not go to Germany by choice "He was sitting in front of the government in front of the Reichstag and he couldn't look because in his head he only saw the Nazi flags from the movies. The Holocaust was a part of him, the World War in general. On every vacation He would come with a book about wars. He knew how to have fun but always remembered the wars."
Always Look on the Bright Side
Tahori tells about Hallelujah's difficult situation and how they still see the good in it "Dad was never gloomy and even when he was he didn't let us fall, he planned the funeral, played happy music, Beatles, Eskimo Lemon."
In conclusion, Tahori comes with a smiley shirt that is not very far from the smile on his cheeks, tells what is on his heart until it is almost impossible to imagine that the young and happy guy sitting here is experiencing a loss, perhaps the hardest one can experience.
Indeed, the time that has passed since the loss is perhaps the shortest we have had so far.
Although, too short to laugh but Tahori tells with pure wit and great admiration about his late father and all the exciting and funny stories.
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