Shavuot: Preparing for Sinai with Rav Shlomo Katz
What does it mean to truly get ready for Matan Torah? In this series, Rav Shlomo Katz guides us through the emotional, spiritual, and practical steps of preparing for Shavuot. Drawing from Chassidic masters including Rav Kook, Rebbe Nachman, the Piasetzna Rebbe, as well a deep dive into Megilat Rut, each episode helps you build toward a deeper, more personal Kabbalat HaTorah—one that’s alive, real, and yours.
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- 2025
Megilat Rut Part 4: Why Do We Read Rut On Shavuot?
Two different explanations from Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berdichev as to why we read Megilat Rut on Shavuot
Megilat Rut Part 3: Naomi's Vision & Greatness
How did Naomi become Naomi, and what did Rut see in her?
Megilat Rut Part 2: Our Introduction to Boaz
As soon as the megila records the first few words of Boaz, we learn of a new light, the light of Mashiach that begins to shine forth.
Megilat Rut Part 1: What Does it Mean to Be Tzanu'a ?
What did Boaz really see in Ruth?
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.
What Is The Chiddush of Shavuot? (Preparing For Shavuot #12)
Based on a teaching by Reb Nosson of Breslov, we learn of the chiddush that took place once the Torah was placed in the world.
Temimut: Then, Now, & Always (Preparing For Shavuot #11)
Before you can receive the Torah, you have to return to something deeper than brilliance. You have to return to temimut—wholeness, sincerity, simple truth.
Rav Shlomo Katz brings down a beautiful teac…
Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Taken (Preparing For Shavuot #10)
At Har Sinai, it was not only Torah and mitzvot that were revealed to us. We discovered our own true, inner essence. The result? Responding to G-d, NA'ASEH VENISHMA.
In this class, we learn the beauti…
Inside I’m Gold: The Piasetzna Rebbe on Shavuot Night (Preparing For Shavuot #9)
Shavuot night, 1929. Warsaw hums in holy anticipation.
Reb Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Piaseczno Rebbe, reveals a radiant teaching from the Baal Shem Tov that pierces straight to the soul: Inside, I…
Marching Towards Shavuot with Rebbe Nachman (Preparing For Shavuot #8)
It’s the sixth week of Sefira, and you feel unprepared. Again.
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 w…
The Avoda of Rosh Chodesh Sivan: The HQ of Passion (Preparing For Shavuot #7)
What if preparing for Shavuot isn’t just about learning more, but about wanting more?
Rav Shlomo Katz takes us into the depths of Rosh Chodesh Sivan, guided by the radiant lights of the Ohr HaChaim a…
Boaz & Ruth: The Ingredients For An Intriguing Relationship of Holiness (Preparing For Shavuot #6)
What made Ruth find favor in Boaz’s eyes? Rav Shlomo Katz opens up the first meeting between Ruth and Boaz—not as a romantic tale, but as a blueprint for holy connection. Ruth’s words, “And I am a fo…
How Many Times Have You Despaired? (Preparing For Shavuot #5)
There is a secret in the calendar hidden in plain sight on the 2nd of Sivan. Rav Shlomo Katz reveals the day of Yom HaMiyuchas, the Day of Lineage, as a wellspring of identity, hope, and preparation …
No More Self-Denial (Preparing For Shavuot #4)
Shavuot preparation based on the teachings of Rav Kook.
Efrat, Israel
My Two Camps (Preparing For Shavuot #3)
Shavuot preparation based on the teachings of Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter
Efrat, Israel
Once You Get The Rhythm (Preparing For Shavuot #2)
Shavuot preparation based on the teachings of Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter
Efrat, Israel
Loving Through Learning (Preparing For Shavuot #1)
Based on the teachings of Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter
Efrat, Israel
The 2nd of Sivan: The Day of Lineage
There is a secret in the calendar hidden in plain sight on the 2nd of Sivan. Rav Shlomo Katz reveals the day of Yom HaMiyuchas, the Day of Lineage, as a wellspring of identity, hope, and preparation …
Preparing for Shavuot with a Broken Heart
The Rizhiner Rebbe reveals a surprising path to Kabbalat HaTorah: not through perfection, but through a broken heart. Rav Shlomo Katz teaches that even if we haven’t prepared the way we hoped, there’…