Best Yom Tov Inspiration Podcasts (2025)

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.By Rav Shlomo Katz

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Megilat Rut Part 1: What Does it Mean to Be Tzanu'a ? 1:01:41

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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.By Rav Shlomo Katz

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What Is The Chiddush of Shavuot? (Preparing For Shavuot #12) 49:48

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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.By Rav Shlomo Katz

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Temimut: Then, Now, & Always (Preparing For Shavuot #11) 51:14

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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 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 t…

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Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Taken (Preparing For Shavuot #10) 45:58

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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 beautiful words of Rav Kook from 1932, as Shavuot day was approaching.By Rav Shlomo Katz

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Inside I’m Gold: The Piasetzna Rebbe on Shavuot Night (Preparing For Shavuot #9) 45:32

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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’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 Pi…

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Marching Towards Shavuot with Rebbe Nachman (Preparing For Shavuot #8) 46:38

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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 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 …

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The Avoda of Rosh Chodesh Sivan: The HQ of Passion (Preparing For Shavuot #7) 1:06:18

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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 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 t…

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Boaz & Ruth: The Ingredients For An Intriguing Relationship of Holiness (Preparing For Shavuot #6) 47:25

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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 foreigner,” are not a disclaimer, but the very reason she is worthy of being seen. Her sense of distance, of not-yet-being, is what draws Boaz in. Throug…

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How Many Times Have You Despaired? (Preparing For Shavuot #5) 36:21

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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 for Matan Torah. Drawing from the teachings of the Piaseczno Rebbe and the heartbeats of Avraham and Sarah, we discover that the foundation of Am Yisra…

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No More Self-Denial (Preparing For Shavuot #4) 35:54

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Shavuot preparation based on the teachings of Rav Kook. Efrat, IsraelBy Rav Shlomo Katz

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My Two Camps (Preparing For Shavuot #3) 32:09

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Shavuot preparation based on the teachings of Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter Efrat, IsraelBy Rav Shlomo Katz

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Once You Get The Rhythm (Preparing For Shavuot #2) 49:17

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Shavuot preparation based on the teachings of Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter Efrat, IsraelBy Rav Shlomo Katz

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Loving Through Learning (Preparing For Shavuot #1) 34:14

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Based on the teachings of Reb Yaakov Meir Shechter Efrat, IsraelBy Rav Shlomo Katz

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Preparing for Shavuot with a Broken Heart 36:09

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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’s still a way in: by being real about where we are and letting that move us. That honesty is the clearest vessel to receive the Torah.…