{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Learning From Reb Usher Freund zt\"l","title":"5. Feeling the Tap on the Shoulder ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/9c35356c\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2692,"description":"What if the pain in your life wasn’t a punishment, but a tap on the shoulder from Heaven?\nJoin Rav Shlomo Katz and the Shirat David chevra as we dive deep into a 1971 letter from Reb Asher Freund zt”l, revealing the hidden invitation behind our struggles. Drawing from Reb Usher’s piercing insights, we learn that real emunah means believing not only that things will work out, but that the very obstacles we face are themselves part of Divine hashgacha. The suffering isn’t a glitch in the plan.....it is the plan. Not to break us, but to bring us back.\nThrough Torah, stories, and soul, Rav Shlomo opens a powerful door to understanding the voice of Hashem in a world gone mad. This is the Torah of now.\nIn this shiur:\nWhy pain is often the loudest voice of Divine love\nThe trap of “calculating” our suffering—and how it cuts us off from real connection\nThe difference between numbing emunah and living emunah\nReb Asher’s life-altering teaching: “It’s not about correction—it’s about connection.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zS00wzEMKGY3gf4iuj3pyLm4ZsZZMBx8JNsQ4NeR9A8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMzNk/MWFiMTc4MjUyNzIz/YzU4NjBiYjM3MmMx/YmJmMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}