{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Entering Rosh Hashanah with Rav Shlomo Katz","title":"The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Secret to Entering Rosh Hashanah","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/11aac84c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2513,"description":"What happens when Elul doesn't go the way we planned?\nWe enter the month with plans, kabbalos, hopes for who we're going to become. Then suddenly, Selichos is almost here. Rosh Hashanah is around the corner. And somehow, we're still us.\nIn this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David return to a mashal from the Ba’al Shem Tov about a fox, a group of animals, and their journey to face the lion they had rebelled against. The fox begins the journey armed with hundreds of brilliant parables to appease the king. But the closer he gets, the more he forgets, until finally, standing before the king, he has nothing left.\nAnd that may be exactly the point.\nWhat Hashem wants from us isn't another story about who we thought we'd become. It's for us to come. To show up honestly. To keep trying, to take on what we can, but ultimately to stand before the King without pretending that we've earned anything.\nCHAPTERS\n00:00 Opening & Dedications\n03:31 Rav Weinberger & Returning to the Ba’al Shem Tov\n07:08 The Ba’al Shem Tov’s Fox & Lion\n14:01 What the Mashal Means for Elul\n19:08 All the Plans We Make for Elul\n22:29 When Elul Doesn’t Go According to Plan\n24:30 “I’ll Start When Selichos Begins”\n26:05 Then Comes Rosh Hashanah…\n27:48 Come Before the King Anyway\n30:09 Teshuvah Never Ends\n31:21 Nothing Can Separate You From Hashem\n34:25 How We Really Enter Selichos\n36:14 Asking Hashem for a Matnas Chinam\n39:30 Show Up Authentically\n----------\nFor more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com\nJoin Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HMxOsmxw5IrEj0QtGaHwjM4wC2NnlNQEL8hMr0DtOBU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hZDc2/NTRkZWUyOTcwZmY5/OWFjOTg1OTM0NzM3/YzFhZS5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}