Even Shlomo - Rav Shlomo Carlebach zt"l on the Weekly Parsha

Rav Shlomo Katz
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Rav Shlomo Katz explores the teachings of Rav Shlomo Carlebach zt"l on the Parsha with the sefer Even Shlomo

  1. Terumah | The Power of the Small That Builds the Holy

    2D AGO

    Terumah | The Power of the Small That Builds the Holy

    In Parshas Terumah, the Torah details the measurements of the Mishkan — broken numbers, halves, small dimensions. Why? In this powerful shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David uncover a radical truth from Reb Shlomo: holy light doesn’t overpower small light. It awakens us to it. What’s the difference between holy money and unholy money? Between a big donation and a small one? Between psychedelic light and a tiny flashlight? From the Kotel built from “pennies” to the קול דממה דקה hidden inside the shofar blast, this teaching reframes how we see value, contribution, community, and even ourselves.----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.comJoin Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t

    27 min
  2. Yitro | The Torah of the Night Before Sinai

    FEB 4

    Yitro | The Torah of the Night Before Sinai

    Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn the shocking Midrash from Parshat Yitro that says Am Yisrael were sleeping the night before receiving the Torah. But Reb Shlomo Carlebach reveals something much deeper: it wasn’t laziness. It was small anava. The feeling of “Who am I to stand by Har Sinai?” And Moshe Rabbeinu comes tent-to-tent with one last message before Torah can be given: If you still see yourself as limited — if you’re still living inside “Beit Avadim,” the mindset of measuring and calculating what you think you’re capable of — don’t bother coming to Sinai. Freedom isn’t “I do what I want.” Freedom is: I stop measuring. I stop disqualifying myself. I learn to believe that if Hashem is asking it from me, He believes in me. This is the Torah of the night before Sinai: the moment we become people who can say Naaseh v’Nishma — not because we’re naïve, but because we’re finally free.----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.comJoin Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_tChapters00:00 Opening + sponsorships / setting the tone02:40 Introducing Today’s Powerful Parshas Yisro Lesson06:28 Analyzing the Key Word “Vayotze” in the Pasuk08:40 Moshe’s Personal Mission: Visiting Every Tent09:50 Alexander Rebbe on Becoming Moshe’s Students13:04 Moshe’s First Argument with God over Leadership 16:16 Why Moshe No Longer Argues at Sinai18:13 Identifying the First Sign of a Slave23:05 Defining True Freedom versus Slavery26:29 Doing It Even When You Doubt Your Ability27:46 Marriage Prep: Overthinking Before the Commitment29:33 From Beit Avadim to Freedom: First Pasuk Insight30:58 Naaseh V’Nishma: Commitment Without…34:34 Moshe’s Speech Impediment and the…35:51 The Mitzvah to Tell Our Children About Exodus39:29 Bas Mitzvah Story: Learning Through a Young Woman41:05 Moshe’s Final Lesson Before Receiving the Torah

    45 min
  3. Bo | No One Owns Me

    JAN 21

    Bo | No One Owns Me

    Parshas Bo is not just the story of leaving Egypt. It’s the inner blueprint of freedom. Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David opens an Even Shlomo that sounds “insane” at first: why does the Torah say “וישאלו איש מאת רעהו” — “ask from your friend” — when it’s describing Egyptians who enslaved us? Why call them re’ehu at all? Because the night of Yetzias Mitzrayim wasn’t only an exit from suffering. It was a flash of Mashiach reality: a moment where Hashem’s light was so clear that no human being could be anyone’s master. Not Pharoah over Egypt. Not fear over your heart. Not people, not pressure, not addiction, not the invisible “dominions” that run our moods and reactions. From the Alter Rebbe fainting at his Seder table, to what freedom looked like in the tunnels of Gaza, to what it means to carry da’as Hashem until it spreads outward, this shiur reframes geulah as the deepest kind of relationship: Hashem shining into us, and us shining back. ----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.comJoin Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t Chapters00:00 Intro and Sponsor Shoutouts01:31 Choosing a Torah Topic for Parshas Bo03:26 Who Is the “Re’ehu” in the Commandment?04:40 Lenny Solomon Story and Cultural References07:14 Flipping the Traditional Pshat08:37 The Alter Rebbe’s Leil Seder12:51 Modern Freedom and the Possibility of Geula20:45 Egyptians’ View of the Night of Exodus24:17 Moshiach and the Filling of Daas25:59 Daas of Hashem Required for Global Peace27:40 Egyptians Recognized Hashem as Their Master28:42 Understanding “Re’ehu” — Asking an Equal30:55 One Night of Moshiach-Like Equality32:28 Breslover Chassid’s Tears and Dance36:24 Filling Ourselves with Daas to Bring Redemption

    40 min
  4. Vaera | Striving for Something Beyond the Normal

    JAN 14

    Vaera | Striving for Something Beyond the Normal

    This week in Even Shlomo on Parshat Va’era, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David go straight into the cry so many of us are holding: “Ribono Shel Olam… for what? Haven’t we been through enough?” Moshe Rabbeinu asks it too — and the answer isn’t a slogan, it’s a demand: Geulah is not “back to normal.” Reb Shlomo teaches that the world’s “unnatural” situation can’t last forever — but the real question is what happens to us while we’re waiting. Do we settle for healthy, functional, status quo… or do we move into above nature: the place of an Eved Hashem, where Yiddishkeit isn’t routine, relationships aren’t “fine,” and a shul isn’t just a place to daven — it’s a center for dreaming Geulah. Through a piercing story of Reb Shlomo saving a life, and then meeting a lifeguard who saved 26 and didn’t shine at all, we learn the difference between doing something because it’s your job… and doing it with your pnimiyus. And we end with the charge that builds everything: accountability, patience, chaverus, and a Ruach Se’arah — a stormy spirit inside keilim — to carry this community (and our lives) beyond “normal.” ----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.comJoin Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t Chapters 0:00 Opening dedication and sponsors1:17 Why does suffering continue?2:45 Moshe’s dialogue with Hashem4:36 Maharal: the unnatural has a limit7:43 Natural vs. normal (and “status quo”)13:12 Eved vs. Oved Hashem (Tanya)24:07 The nature of true revelation25:16 Moshe’s imagined dialogue with Pharaoh26:19 Moshe’s question: “For what?”27:58 Imagining a miracle in Iran29:09 Why continue suffering? Moshe’s inquiry30:54 Moshe seeks the nature of future redemption32:49 Call for deeper commitment35:55 Lifeguard story: “26 lives saved”37:00 Service as job vs. spiritual involvement45:18 Understanding Avodah Zarah (the “zarah to you” definition)46:34 Avoiding spiritual estrangement (not a stranger to God)48:19 Taking responsibility + helping the hungry49:29 Exodus vs. returning to Eretz Yisrael50:50 House of Love & Prayer vision52:39 Removing Avodah Zarah from our kehillah54:17 Ruach Se’arah (Rav Weinberger)55:36 Inner pulse of chevra for redemption

    56 min
  5. Shemot | Have We Woken Up Yet?

    JAN 7

    Shemot | Have We Woken Up Yet?

    What happens when an enemy loses every shred of humanity? In a deeply personal and vulnerable Shemot shiur on Reb Shlomo’s birthday, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David confront the painful reality of our generation. Drawing from the Izhbitzer Rebbe (Mei HaShiloach), we explore the verse "The King of Egypt died." We learn that this does not merely refer to a physical death, but to the death of humaneness itself—a state where the enemy is no longer capable of basic human feeling. From the tunnels of Gaza to the hallways of the Knesset, we discuss the shattering of Western assumptions and the necessity of returning to the "Har Sinai Values" that define true morality. Rav Shlomo challenges us to look beyond the confusion of Western culture and "woke" terminology to ask the hard question: Have we actually woken up? We discuss the danger of falling back into the mindset of "it wasn't that bad" and the necessity of screaming out to Hashem. Featuring a powerful story from Rav Soloveitchik regarding the sanctity of life and insights from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin on the modern-day worship of Molech, this episode is a call to clear the fog, choose our side, and realize that true redemption begins when we stop tolerating the intolerable. ----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.comJoin Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t

    1h 8m
  6. Vayechi | The Clarity of NOT Knowing

    12/31/2025

    Vayechi | The Clarity of NOT Knowing

    In Parashat Vayechi, Yaakov Avinu gathers his children for what feels like the ultimate “final download” — He’asfu… and I’ll tell you what will happen at the end of days. And then… it disappears. Nistalka mimenu haShechinah. In this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn a short but life-shaping Torah from Even Shlomo: sometimes the deepest clarity isn’t prophecy at all. It’s the holy not knowing that opens a person into yearning, into tefillah, into real closeness. We speak about what a parent wants most for their children, why “knowing how it’ll all turn out” can quietly shut down the heart, and why the night, when you can’t see clearly, can bring out the deepest kind of sight: “וכל עין לך תצפה” — a life of yearning. ----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com Join Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t #rsk-vayechi

    37 min
  7. Vayigash | Who Are the Kodesh Kodashim Jews?

    12/24/2025

    Vayigash | Who Are the Kodesh Kodashim Jews?

    Parshat Vayigash is the moment the Ishbitzer says is the closest we can taste in this world to what it will feel like when Moshiach reveals himself. Because “Ani Yosef” isn’t just a plot twist. It’s the revelation that everything that looked like hester panim… everything that felt like an enemy… everything that seemed like punishment… was actually part of the process that “squeezed” a deeper YOU out of you. In this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David dive into the Even Shlomo which opens a daring question: If not every Jew is always living on the level of kodesh… could it be that every Jew is still Kodesh Kodashim? We explore: Why the Kodesh Kodashim is in Binyamin’s portion (not Yosef’s)The difference between being “holy” vs being Holy of HoliesWhy sinas chinam is uniquely incompatible with Kodesh KodashimReb Carlebach's radical lens: the Ba’al Teshuva doesn’t just need the Mikdash. He builds itWhat forgiveness looks like on the level of kodesh… versus kodesh kodashim, where the whole story dissolves----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com Join Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t #rsk-vayigash

    43 min
  8. Vayeshev | A Story We Never Heard Before

    12/10/2025

    Vayeshev | A Story We Never Heard Before

    Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David open parshat Vayeshev in a way most of us never heard growing up. Instead of a childish tale of jealous brothers and a flashy coat, we meet two kings of Am Yisrael – Yosef and Yehuda – and an underground story of sacrifice, responsibility, and teshuva. Drawing on Ishbitz, Zohar and Reb Shlomo Carlebach, Rav Shlomo explores the possibility that Yosef actually prayed to be the one who goes down to the exile of Egypt, taking the chains of slavery so his father and brothers wouldn’t have to. The brothers, for their part, are not cartoon villains, but holy tribes testing whether Yosef is truly one of them, and sending him off with tears and blessings. Yosef blesses Yehuda with the power of teshuva; Yehuda blesses Yosef with the strength to remain a tzaddik in exile – and both brachos come true. From this hidden story of two kings, Rav Shlomo speaks to our own lives: what it means to carry pain for our family and our people, to do the right thing even when we know we’ll still need to do teshuva, and to hold both kochos – not falling, and getting back up when we do. ----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com Join Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t

    42 min
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