Parenting is not just about raising children. It is about revealing souls, nurturing faith, and guiding the next generation with patience and courage. In this series, Rav Shlomo Katz draws from Rebbe Nachman, the Tanya, and Chassidic masters to uncover the spiritual depth of parenting. From creating “vacated space” for children to grow, to awakening curiosity, to embodying holy chutzpah, these teachings offer timeless guidance for raising Jewish children with love, resilience, and emunah.
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Slonimer Rebbe Podcasts
This is a weekly chabura on erev Shabbos. We are learning chelek aleph of Nesivos Shalom. It covers the most essential and foundational topics in yiddishket and how to practically live by them. The sefer Nesivos Shalom is one of the most popular Seforim in the world. Most people learn the Slonimer Rebb’s Torah on the Parsha and Moadim. However, he also wrote Seforim on foundational topics in Yiddishkeit. Emunah, Bitachon, Dveykus, and Purifying one’s Middos are a sample of these topics. In t ...
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One of the most famous seforim is Nesivos Shalom. For about two years we had a small chabura that met every Friday morning (early) to learn the Rebbe's teachings about "Shabbos" in Nesivos Shalom chelek bais - The Slonimer Rebbe's Torahs about Shabbos have the ability to take one to a different world in appreciating and tasting the Holy Shabbos. If you have any questions or comments please email [email protected] Check out the other chaburas Nesivos Shalom Working on Middos Likutei Moh ...
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The pain within our conscience that paves the way for Torah
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In this heartfelt shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz draws from Rebbe Nachman, the Arizal, and the Baal Shem Tov to reveal the essence of godly parenting: creating space for our children to become themselves. Just as Hashem contracted His infinite light to form the chalal panui—the vacated space where creation could unfold—parents, too, must step back with pat…
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What “background music” is your child absorbing every day? Rav Shlomo Katz, guided by the Slonimer Rebbe, reflects on the subtle but powerful atmosphere parents create in their homes. Beyond words, our homes carry a soundtrack — and our children are always listening.By Rav Shlomo Katz
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What makes Jewish education fundamentally different from all other systems? Rooted in the Tanya and the teachings of Slonim, this shiur reveals that every Jewish child carries a divine soul, capable of transcending even natural limitations. Jewish education is not just about knowledge. It is about awakening that holy essence.…
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5. Parenting with Holy Patience: Arousing Innocent Curiosity
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24:35Children’s questions are the key to their growth — even the unasked ones. Drawing from Pesach sources, Rav Soloveitchik, and Rebbe Nachman, Rav Shlomo Katz explores how to nurture curiosity without overwhelming children, teaching them to ask, to wonder, and to grow at their own pace. Patience in parenting means responding to what they can truly rec…
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How do we know if we are truly close to our children? Rav Shlomo Katz weaves teachings from the Noam Elimelech, the Slonimer Rebbe, and stories of Reb Shlomo Carlebach to show that closeness means more than teaching rules. It means knowing what your child cries for and what they pray for. Parenting becomes an act of love that bridges generations, p…
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3. Parenting in Vacated Space Part 2: Giving Room to Grow
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25:21Do our children feel overprotected or stifled by us? Rebbe Nachman and Rav Erez Moshe Doron teach that children need distance to flourish — space to make their own choices, without being overshadowed by parental control. Rav Shlomo unpacks how “keeping a distance” is not neglect, but a form of holy patience that allows individuality and independenc…
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2. Parenting in Vacated Space Part 1: Emulating Creation
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29:43Drawing from Rebbe Nachman and the Arizal, Rav Shlomo Katz explores the paradox at the heart of parenting: how closeness and distance must work together. Just as Hashem contracted His infinite light to create the chalal panui—the vacated space that allowed the world to exist—parents, too, must sometimes step back to let their children become who th…
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Each Jewish child carries a completely unique light of Hashem into the world. Drawing from the Talmud, Reb Nosson of Breslov, and Pirkei Avot, Rav Shlomo Katz explores the mitzvah of having children as the unfolding of “tzelem Elokim” — the Divine Image revealed through each new soul and generation. Parenting means recognizing that every child has …
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