Pesach with Rav Shlomo Katz

When someone knows the halacha - they do not need to take an extra chumros. Rebbe Nachman's approach to Pesach and to mitzvahs in general. rebbe nachman,  breslov , breslev , torah , chassidut ,  chassidus , shlomo katz

What does it mean to be a “plucked Jew,” adrift in exile, yearning for a foundation that holds firm? How has Am Yisrael survived centuries of uprootedness, clinging to a spiritual homeland amidst the darkness of galut? Rav Shlomo Katz delves into the luminous teachings of Rav Kook’s Ma’amaray HaRa’aya to explore the soul’s journey from the misery of displacement to the bliss of redemption. Discove...

Before the splitting of the sea, before the ten commandments, came this. “HaChodesh HaZeh Lachem” —this month is yours. The first mitzvah ever given to Am Yisrael wasn’t about sacrifice or prayer. It was about time. About renewal. About not waiting . Even while still sunk in the depths of Mitzrayim, Hashem handed us the power to begin again. Rav Shlomo Katz draws from the holy words of the Chiddus...

מאמרי הראיה/חירותנו < מאמרי הראיה בדף זה מוצגים שינויים ממתיניםלא בדוק קפיצה לניווטקפיצה לחיפוש החירות שאנו מתרשמים בה ביותר בליל התקדש חג של זמן חירותנו, בעת אשר גם בעצם ימי הגלות והשעבוד לא חדלנו מלהביע את התגעגעותנו אליה באמרנו "השתא עבדי לשנה הבאה בני חורין"[1], היא מוכרחת להיות הולכת ומתפתחת בקרבנו פנימה מדריגה אחר מדריגה, עד אשר יבא היום אשר ינוסו הצללים[2], וחירותנו המוחלטת תאיר עלינו בא...

a deeper look into the search for chametz, based on the Apter Rebbe and the Kozhnitzer Maggid torah , chametz , pesach , tshuvah , shlomo katz , efrat , shirat david , passover

As we prepare for Pesach, are we approaching the Seder with heavy intellectual burdens or with the pure joy of freedom? Rav Shlomo Katz explores Rebbe Nachman's intense warning against the world of philosophy and over-investigation, which often injects a paralyzing doubt into our hearts under the guise of "finding truth." Through the writings of Reb Nosson , we learn that the true prize of Yiddish...

a look into the teachings of the Sod Yesharim of Ishbitz on true freedom ishbitz , chassidut , baal shem tov , shlomo katz , torah , pesach , passover

What are the questions we are asking this year? What aren’t the questions we are asking this year? Pesach 5780 Shabbos Hagadol Drasha Please open your heart, and be okay with not knowing what may arise. matza, pesach , torah , shlomo katz , question , carlebach , mishna , weinberger , aish kodesh , vizh

אַתָּה הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים הַזָּן מִקַּרְנֵי רְאֵמִים וְעַד בֵּיצֵי כִנִּים, וְאַתָּה הוּא הַמֵּכִין כָּל צָרְכֵיהֶם, וְנוֹסָף עַל הַצְּרָכִים הַהֶכְרֵחִיִּים אַתָּה הוּא הַנּוֹתֵן בְּמִלּוּי וְרֶיוַח וְעֹשֶׁר וְכָבוֹד.כָּל זֶה אַתָּה עוֹשֶׂה בְּנִדְבַת לִבְּךָ הַטּוֹב. כִּי אַתָּה הוּא נָדִיב בֶּאֱמֶת, לֹא כְּמוֹ שֶׁקּוֹרִין לִפְעָמִים לְאָדָם אֶחָד נָדִיב, כִּי נִדְבָתוֹ אֵינָהּ אֲמִתִּית רַק לְתַשׁ...

R’ Shlomo Carlebach a’h Everyone wants to be free, but how do I start believing that I could become free? How do I get my mind out of Egypt? The Zohar Hakadosh says that a baby does not know whom their father or mother are until it eats bread. That means that bread gives strength to my mind to be connected to those who love me. Only after I eat bread do I know what life is all about, do I know who...

In this shiur, we spend time delving into this powerful word 'Vehi'. Some may see this word as being the crucial moment of the hagada of yesterday, the hagada of today, and without a doubt, the hagada of tomorrow. torah , seder , passover , pesach , shlomo katz , judaism , holiday

The opportunity which takes place seder night can be overwhelming. Where do we start? what is it that is available? pesach , seder , emuna , slonim , torah , Israel , shirat david , efrat

As we march toward freedom, we can now take the light of Purim as the candle to search for the Chametz, in order to have the cleanest Chametz free pesach pesach , purim , rebbe nachman , arizal , torah , shushan , Israel , jew ,  Judaism , holy temple , Shlomo Katz

In this beautiful piece from 1929, the Piasetzner Rebbe brings to light the privilege and opportunity Pesach preparation provides for us. piasetzna,  aish kodesh , torah , matza , pesach , passover ,  shlomo katz , shirat david, efrat

The season we are in presents before us a wonderful opportunity to align our physical work with our soul work. In this case - the midda of Nekiyut, Cleanliness. P esach, passover , mesliat , cleanliness , shlomo katz , shirat david , efrat , torah ,  matza