What if Am Yisrael themselves weren’t fully “there” at Har Sinai?

Drawing from a breathtaking teaching of the Tolner Rebbe, this shiur dives into the mystery of Naaseh V’Nishma, the feeling of being spiritually “fake,” and the deeply Jewish ability to hold contradictory emotions at the very same time.

Can a person genuinely long for Hashem while still carrying confusion, resistance, or even inner contradiction? And if so… what does Hashem actually see when He looks at us?

This is a profoundly honest preparation for Shavuos — one that may completely change the way you understand authenticity, struggle, and the Jewish heart.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Memorial dedication and significance of Beit Sivan
02:25 Feeling fake? Impostor syndrome introduction
03:28 Tolner Rebbe on Na'aseh V'nishma gemara
05:15 Bas Kol reveals the angelic password
07:29 Na'aseh V'nishma as future salvation
10:54 Authenticity vs. in-between in Jewish practice
16:32 Duping the angels: implications and doubts
23:17 Ten inner depths of the human heart
24:50 Holy Contradictions: Pesach as Night of Opposites
27:29 Rav Kook’s Eyes Reveal Contrasting Feelings
28:42 Reb Shlomo’s Niggun: Planting with Tears and Joy
29:46 Personal Experiences of Simultaneous Tears and Joy
31:51 Na'aseh V'nishma: The Heart’s Two Desires
35:28 Gemara on the Unfathomable Character of Am Yisrael

In this opening shiur on Megilat Rut, Rav Shlomo Katz guides us into the soul of tzniut—not as modesty of dress, but as a posture of presence, humility, and royalty.

Rav Shlomo Katz brings down a beautiful teaching from the tzaddik of Yerushalayim, Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter. We learn how the Torah wasn’t, and isn’t given to the clever or the perfect, but to those who show up with open hearts and honest intentions.

In this class, we learn the beautiful words of Rav Kook from 1932, as Shavuot day was approaching.

Reb Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Piaseczno Rebbe, reveals a radiant teaching from the Baal Shem Tov that pierces straight to the soul: Inside, I’m gold. No matter how tarnished or tired we feel, the inner spark remains untouched.

In this powerful shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz guides us through the Piaseczno’s Torah from Derech HaMelech, lifting the veil on what gives us the strength to say Na’aseh Venishma once more.

So did Rebbe Nachman. And through two searing letters from Reb Nosson to his son, we’re shown a breathtaking path forward—one paved not with perfection, but with truth.

Rav Shlomo Katz walks us hand-in-hand with Breslov’s deepest lights through the inner work of these final days before Matan Torah. From trembling awe to tears of longing, from guilt that paralyzes to yearning that empowers, we uncover the ultimate vessel to receive the Torah: simcha born of brokenness, awe born of love. It’s not too late. The gates are still wide open. And this year, it might just be your turn to hear the thunder.

Rav Shlomo Katz takes us into the depths of Rosh Chodesh Sivan, guided by the radiant lights of the Ohr HaChaim and Reb Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin. This day, often passed over quietly, is revealed as the Headquarters of Passion, the time when Am Yisrael arrives at the foot of Sinai and declares, “We’re here. We want this.”

The true avoda of this day is not about adding information, but awakening cheshek—holy yearning. Before Torah can be received, the heart has to burn. 

Through the lens of Chassidut, we explore the spiritual power of shef’lut—humble self-awareness— as the fertile ground where true intimacy, both with Hashem and with another soul, begins to grow. Because the more I recognize that I am not the center, the more room I have for love, gratitude, and the kind of partnership that holds space for imperfection. And in this space, a David HaMelech can be born.

Efrat, Israel

Efrat, Israel

Efrat, Israel

Efrat, Israel