50. LSD & Talking Business on Shabbos

Can a spiritual high sparked by music or chemicals truly transform us, or is it just another fleeting illusion? How do we know when an experience is authentically real and rooted in emes?

In this Bnei Machshava Tova teaching, Rav Shlomo Katz contrasts the electrifying highs of a Matti Caspi concert in Tel Aviv with the Piaseczner Rebbe’s wisdom on spiritual discernment. He guides us toward a gentle but honest self-evaluation—not to diminish our joyful experiences, but to deepen them. True emunah isn't measured by how high we soar, but by whether our highest moments genuinely elevate our everyday lives, from how we speak at our Shabbos table to how we conduct our hearts.