Entering Elul with Rav Shlomo Katz

<p>In this deep and stirring Elul episode, Rav Shlomo Katz reflects on a teaching from Rav Adin Steinsaltz about Tehillim 27 — “L’David Hashem Ori V’Yishi” — a chapter we say every day throughout Elul, but rarely pause...

<p>What place does learning have in the month of Elul, a month where the prayers and beseeching is generally highlighted?</p><p>rebbe, elul, torah, shlomo katz, shirat david</p>

<p>Based on the 27th chapter of Tehilim, a chapter we begin reciting daily during this time, Rav Steinzaltz ob'm provides us with a new understanding of the tshuva we engage with in this time.</p><p>tshuva, elul, torah...

<p>Rav Kook's opening Elul remarks are for any heart that is open to learning how to cleave to what matters in this world.</p><p>rav kook, elul, shlomo katz, torah, eretz yisrael, judea, shirat david, efrat</p>

<p>Through a teaching from R' Asher Weiss, a deeper understanding of Slichot cracks open the heart and prepares us to usher in the new year in the most authentic manner.</p>

<p>In light of the birthdays of both the Ba'al Shem tov and the Alter Rebbe, the 18th of Elul brings light, vitality and direction toward finishing off the year with simcha, strength and authenticity.</p>

<p>While we generally tend to try and improve our deeds and actions during Elul, we sometimes tend to forget a key element of it all. Doing tshuvah for feeling that life itself is a given. When we start from this angle...

<p>Based on a teaching from Rav Biderman, we learn how to enter the gift called Elul.</p><p>To sponsor a daily/weekly Shiur click here<br>To make a donation to the Shirat David Foundation click here<br>To subscribe to...

<p>When it comes to entering the avoda of this time, one of the basic pieces of advice which R' Ya'akov Meir Shechter shared based on Rebbe Nachman's Torah is that it is safest to actually stop thinking, and start...

<p>Based on a teaching from Reb Ya'akov Meir Shechter, we began marching toward the inner work of Elul. The question we approached was a simple one. With all the insanity going on in the world, how am I to understand...

<p>Tonight is the 86th yahrtzeit of the great light, Rav Avraham Yttzchak Hakohen Kook. We learned a letter Rav kook had written during Elul of 1933. It's quite mind-boggling how Rav Kook knew that we would need to...

<p>Why wasn't David Hamelech’s forgiveness revealed in his life time?</p><p>Why didn’t the doors of the holy of holies open for his son, Shlomo Hamelech?</p><p>A magical night with the Bnei Machshava Tova Chabura of...

<p>A short idea on the beauty of the 18th of Elul, the birthday of both the Ba'al Shem Tov and the Alter Rebbe.</p><p>To sponsor a daily/weekly Shiur click here<br>To make a donation to the Shirat David Foundation click...

<p>When learning of the setting where the tefila of Ledavid Hashem Ori Veyishi was composed, one can easily enter the world of Elul.</p><p>To sponsor a daily/weekly Shiur click here<br>To make a donation to the Shirat...