The Power of Women’s Prayers with Rav Shlomo Katz

There are moments in Judaism that don’t just feel holy. They’re wired into the world as an עֵת רָצוֹן (et ratzon — an auspicious “window” when gates are more open) . Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David take one of the most familiar moments in a Jewish home — הַדְלָקַת נֵרוֹת ( lighting Shabbos candles), and reframe it as a spiritual turning point. Not just “a mitzvah to do,” but a moment...

What if the Yetzer Hara isn’t “randomly” making tefillah hard, but specifically targeting the most powerful kind of tefillah ? Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David learn a striking teaching from the Biala Rebbe : women’s tefillos — especially in shul — don’t just matter… they elevate the entire tzibbur . And that’s exactly why the Yetzer Hara works overtime with excuses, self-talk, and “i...

Some of the deepest pain a Jewish mother feels is quiet: “I don’t daven like I used to.” Not because she doesn’t care, but because life is full. Kids. Home. Work. Mental load. A headspace that never fully settles. In this short, powerful shiur from the Biala Rebbe’s Mevaser Tov , Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David reframe what “real davening ” actually is: not only pages, not only a min...

Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David go deep into one of the most misunderstood lines in a woman’s siddur: the bracha “She’asani Kirtzono” – “Who has made me according to His will.” From Yud Tes Kislev to the Baal Shem Tov’s chiddush of pnimiyut haTorah , Rav Shlomo explores the difference between “doing mitzvos ” and actually giving Hashem nachas ruach . Why is it possible to keep all th...

In this week’s shiur in The Power of Women’s Prayers , Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David go deep into one of the quiet superpowers of a Jewish woman: vatranut – the ability to let go, to give in, to choose the bigger picture over being “right.” Drawing from the Biala Rebbe and the life of Rachel Imeinu , Rav Shlomo explores what really happened the night Rachel gave the signs to Leah,...

Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David go straight into one of the biggest questions in avodas Hashem: How do I actually know what Hashem wants from me? Building on the Biala Rebbe’s Torah about tefilas nashim , we revisit the difference between time-bound mitzvos and those that aren’t, and what it means that women are p’turot from so many mitzvos aseh shehazman grama, yet so often choose t...

When Shlomo HaMelech says of the Eishes Chayil “לא יכבה בלילה נרה – her candle doesn’t go out at night,” what is that “candle” – and why does it make a woman’s tefillah so powerful? In this week’s Power of Women’s Prayers , Rav Shlomo Katz continues in the teachings of the Biala Rebbe on tefilas nashim and opens up the inner world of a woman’s everyday mesirus nefesh . From “ ותתן טרף לביתה – she...

Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David open a living doorway into תְּפִלַּת נָשִׁים (women’s prayer) and why holy masters refused to daven without a women’s section. With the Biale Rebbe, the Sar Shalom of Belz, and Reb Aharon of Belz, we hear a simple, searing standard: if the gates of prayer feel closed, we must lean on the gates of tears, which never close. And whose tears flow most read...

Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David lean into תפילת נשים (women’s prayer) and the secret of the gates that open through a woman’s heart. Building on כֹּחַ הַהַבְחָנָה (discerning what truly matters) sourced in בִּינָה יְתֵירָה (heightened inner understanding) embedded in the feminine dimension, we trace how the Matriarchs teach us to pray in a way that Heaven receives. With רִבְקָה אִמֵּ...

Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David open a tender gate into תפילת נשים: the gift of בינה יתירה —a woman’s inner knowing to separate עיקר (primary) from טפל (secondary). Returning to “ לא תירא לביתה משלג כי כל ביתה לבוש שנים ,” we hear how “snow” (the Amalek-cold that numbs holy feeling) is disarmed by a woman’s warm feeling for Hashem. With Sarah Imeinu and Rivka Imeinu as living guides,...

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David open Eshet Chayil : “ לא תירא לביתה משלג כי כל ביתה לבוש שנים .” With the Biala Rebbe and Rav Tzadok HaKohen, we uncover a luminous reading: “snow” is the klipah of Amalek that cools holy fire—not by stopping mitzvot, but by whispering that our avodah has no value. The Eishes Chayil does not fear that snow because her heart is warm with regesh for Has...

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn from the Biala Rebbe’s Zechut Nashim Tzidkaniyot : what is the ma’alah of a Jewish mother, and why is the mitzvah of pru u’rvu placed on men rather than women? Through the words of Devorah HaNeviah—“ ad shekamti Devorah, shekamti em b’Yisrael ”—we discover that a mother’s greatness is not defined by obligation but by being the ma’amidah , the on...

Rav Shlomo Katz opens the series on the Power of Women's Prayer by naming a core truth: it’s a great mistake not to know our flaws—but an even greater mistake not to know our ma’alot. Women’s tefillah carries a singular gift—רגש טהור, a refined, honest heart that finds exact words before Hashem.  From the Biala Rebbe’s teachings, we contrast outer “status” with inner worth, and we ask: what really...