Rabbi Shlomo Katz on Jewish Mysticism and Music

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Rabbi Katz, the founder and rav of the incredible shul in Efrat, Shirat David, the rosh machon of Zimrat Haaretz, incredible singer, author, amazing speaker. Thank you so much for joining us today. Rabbi Simon, and friend. I have to hug in my neshamah. And a friend. Definitely friend, that's my favorite. Oh, thank you so much. And I'm a student. So, what is Jewish mysticism? What a beautiful question. Jewish What a beautiful question. Jewish mysticism, in my humble opinion, is the invitation that each of us have to get to know who we really are. A conversation with our neshamah, revelation of our soul. In a nutshell of all nutshells. Wow. And working from there, as opposed to the other way around. Beautiful. So, how did you get into this? What was the part like the origin story where you connected more to Jewish mysticism? I'll connected more to Jewish mysticism? I'll tell you what, I'll tell you a fascinating story I just remembered as you asked that. I was on a bus in Poland together with Kehilat Eish Kodesh of Woodmere. They're doing a trip in Poland. And I was I I came from Eretz Yisrael to be with them and to sing and to do whatever, be part of the chevra. And some guy on the bus came up to me and he he said, "Can I talk to you, Rabbi Simon?" I said, "Sure." He's like, "When did you start learning pnimiyut haTorah?" And I was so

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2. 4:06What a statement that is. I think about that statement quite often. People, when they say…
3. 8:10in a fret. Rabbi Riskin would come in every Wednesday night and give a parsha sheer…
4. 12:12Do does does Jewish mysticism view them as different or different roles or functions or Yeah,…
5. 16:53bit different. So, Hashem created the world and filled it with pieces of him just to…
6. 20:58to greet Mashiach? What is Mashiach going to do? We have a lot that's written and…
7. 25:03one of us to tap into our courage of the heart to make people feel seen,…
8. 29:41mean? That means Orthodox, that means observing the laws and the Torah and the mitzvahs. That's…
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