{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hachana L'Shabbos","title":"The \"Good Old Days\" Are Irrelevant | Shabbos Hachodesh","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/aa3da53e\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2276,"description":"In this Hachana L’Shabbos for Parshas Hachodesh, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David open up one of the deepest avodos of this season: hischadshus—not changing into someone else, but renewing yourself exactly from where you are right now.\nDrawing from the Chiddushei Harim, the Beis Avraham of Slonim, Reb Nosson, and Rebbe Nachman, this shiur is a call to stop waiting for the “right time,” the “better version” of yourself, or the return of the so-called “good old days.” The mitzvah of Hachodesh hazeh lachem was given דווקא in Mitzrayim to teach us that renewal begins in the mud, in the constriction, in the place where a person feels most stuck.\nRav Shlomo explores the danger of becoming a matzevah—a fixed monument to your old self—and the holiness of small acts of mesirus nefesh that open the gates to real growth.\nFrom the symbolism of fish scales swimming against the current, to the challenge of not letting yesterday enslave today, this is a powerful preparation for entering Shabbos Hachodesh with courage, honesty, and hope.\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 encouragement for Shabbat preparation\n01:44 Yahrtzeit reminder and linking to Chiddushei Harim\n04:45 Renewal is in our hands – Chiddushei Harim quote\n15:00 Reb Nosson on grabbing moments for spiritual growth\n19:16 Small actions as the catalyst for true hischadshus\n23:58 Aliyah as a Matzevah: Growing Beyond Past Selves\n24:59 Finding the Middle Path Between Matzevah and Asherah\n27:59 Avoiding the Mask: Don't Create a God of Yourself\n29:48 Fish Scales as Symbols of Purity Against the Current\n32:34 Rethinking Prime Years: Beyond Shana Aleph\n35:54 Seizing the Moment for Mesirus Nefesh","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/WujXe_7xhH9fZvNQUUrPFWz-q8EzrIeXVKod3RSDOtI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzODYwLzE3MDI4/MTMyNzktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}