{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Know Your Children with Rav Shlomo Katz","title":"14. Crucial Thoughts of Love","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/212e1050\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3101,"description":"Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David move from “Do they feel our love?” to something even more subtle, and often more powerful: do they live inside our loving thoughts?\n\nBuilding on the classic Chassidic framework of the three “garments” of the soul, machshava (thought), dibbur (speech), and ma’aseh (action), we explore three ways love is revealed, and why most homes naturally excel at action (providing, doing), struggle with speech (saying it clearly), and almost completely overlook thought.\nA striking line lands hard: a child’s inner voice is shaped less by what we say… and more by what we consistently think. We unpack the “telepathic” reality kids pick up on, why negative bias hijacks our minds, and why pure machshava can be the deepest gift that quietly changes everything downstream.\nAlong the way, we connect it to Ahavat Hashem, bringing Maimonides (Rambam): “m’derech ha’ohavim… she’hem choshevim b’ahavah” — it’s the way of lovers to think in love.\nThis week’s avodah: notice what “invades” your loving thoughts… and practice returning to the simple, holy sentence: “Of course I love my child.”\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\nCHAPTERS\n00:00 Opening and Sponsor Acknowledgments\n01:39 Thought, Speech, Action Sequence\n03:10 Three Ways to Express Love\n05:35 Parental Investment in the Three Garments\n06:37 Importance of Thinking Before Speaking\n08:23 The Heart’s Role and “Opening Your Heart”\n12:14 Why Parents Excel in Action\n13:58 Why Speech Needs Improvement\n17:55 Why Thought Is Almost Absent\n22:52 Does Thinking Love Actually Matter?\n25:46 Machshava as Tefillah and Presence\n28:56 “A Child’s Inner Voice Is What I Think”\n32:57 Why Machshava Feels Unmeasurable\n36:44 Thinking Love From the Child’s Existence\n41:27 Thoughts That Expand Space vs. Clog It\n43:56 Why We Struggle With “Free”...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1kIczSvIsSLQhU43EiAuIwIwZqNhtmqJjeK1o3ZXq5s/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yYTUw/ODM2ZTE4ZTk5ZWI0/OTFhZTUwYmNkNzli/Y2RlZC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}