{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Entering Elul with Rav Shlomo Katz","title":"The One Question You Need to Ask Before Elul Ends","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/592f725e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3252,"description":"What is Elul really asking of us?\nWe usually enter this month thinking about what needs to be fixed. Which habits need to change. Which aveiros need to stop. All of that matters. But Rav Adin Steinsaltz offers us a much bigger question:\nהאם אני עליתי למעלה \nHave I actually gone higher?\n\nThrough the lives of Avraham, Yitzchak and Yaakov, Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David discover three movements that have to exist in a Jewish life: the courage to begin something new, the strength to keep going after the excitement disappears, and the willingness to begin again rather than remain where we were.\nAnd underneath all of it is perhaps the deepest question of Elul: I may believe in Hashem, but do I actually trust Him?\n\nBecause if I trust Him, then I can start walking.\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 & Dedications\n01:07 In Memory of Rav Weinberger’s Mother\n02:22 Entering Elul\n05:16 The Old Approach to Elul\n08:21 When Will My Actions Reach Those of the Avot?\n11:48 Avraham: Do I Really Trust Hashem?\n15:32 Emunah vs. Bitachon\n22:59 Echad Haya Avraham: Beginning Again\n24:15 Yitzchak: The Harder Task of Continuing\n27:47 When the Excitement of Elul Wears Off\n28:51 Marriage and the Avodah of Continuing\n31:07 Yitzchak: Carrying the Baton Forward\n33:39 Why We Can Never Remain Where We Are\n41:02 Rav Steinsaltz’s Avodah for Elul\n45:29 Teshuvah Means Owning Your Free Will\n47:56 Choosing Where You Want to Go\n49:34 What Emunah Really Demands\n51:14 What “I’ll Get There” Really Means\n53:04 Do I Truly Trust Hashem?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ny1gHJX7dQPvZJFNT8S1rLHwVai6U2CXQ0XhxGFHLXA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lYWVi/Y2JkYjhmYWU0ZGQ1/NzBlOTJjNWNhOGM4/OGVmZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}