{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Foundations of Chassidus with Rav Shlomo Katz","title":"The Danger of Becoming a “Good Enough” Jew","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/432bf82f\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2596,"description":"There’s a very strange tension at the heart of avodat Hashem.\nOn the one hand, a Yid has to be able to look at where he is right now and say: \"Gevalt, how precious that I’m even here. How beautiful that I’m even in the parsha.\"\nAnd at the exact same time, something inside of us has to keep saying: \"Yalla, there’s more.\"\nContinuing the learning in Yayin Yashan, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shriat David learn through the Pri HaAretz, the Degel Machaneh Ephraim in the name of the Baal Shem Tov, Rav Moshe of Kobrin, the Chovat HaTalmidim of the Piaseczner Rebbe, the Tanya, Rav Kook, Rav Dessler and a piercing mashal from the Kotzker Rebbe.\nHow do we demand greatness from ourselves without despising where we are? When does something that once required real avodah simply become habit? And what happens when the ladder seems to have disappeared, but Shamayim is still calling us to climb?\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\n00:00 Opening Greetings and Upcoming Events\n01:58 What Stops Us From Aiming Higher?\n04:20 Aspiration Without Losing the Present\n12:25 Avodat Hashem Is Never Static\n15:46 Never Settling on One Spiritual Level\n17:46 The Preciousness of Right Now\n20:26 The Soul’s Illness: Not Demanding Greatness\n23:01 Demand Greatness From Yourself\n24:54 Inner Greatness vs. External Success\n26:34 The Blindfold of Thinking You’ve Arrived\n28:10 The Builders of Eretz Yisrael Never Stop Building\n30:07 When Avodah Means Leaving Your Comfort Zone\n32:07 When Yesterday’s Challenge Becomes Today’s Habit\n36:24 The Kotzker’s Ladder: Keep Climbing Without a Ladder","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WSjCna_uB2m-GU4vpT3wxUAze0ffizILW-9_tM9o8Jc/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZmU1/NTZlZTA3NjRhMTVl/MzI1N2Y1ZWU3ZDY5/NDdhOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}