{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Foundations of Chassidus with Rav Shlomo Katz","title":"Are There Places You Can’t Bring Hashem?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/e0a9df55\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3163,"description":"How far does בכל דרכיך דעהו (In all your ways, know Him) really go?\nIf the avodah is to invite Hashem into every part of our lives, what happens when the place we’re standing in is messy, compromised, or somewhere we know we probably shouldn’t be? And how do we distinguish between genuinely searching for Hashem from wherever we are and simply finding a holy-sounding way to rationalize what we already want?\nContinuing Yayin Yashan, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn through the Imrei Noam, Malchut Shlomo, the Mei HaShiloach of Izhbitz, the Baal Shem Tov through the Me’or Einayim, and the Piaseczner Rebbe’s Mevo She’arim quoting Rav Asher of Stolin.\nAt the center is an extraordinary Chassidic idea: you do not have to wait until you have arrived somewhere spiritually perfect to begin looking for Hashem. ובקשתם משם — seek Him from there. From the place you actually are.\nBut “from there” does not mean everything suddenly becomes permitted. That tension — between never giving up on finding Hashem and never using Hashem to justify ourselves — is where this shiur lives.\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 Blessings and Sponsorship Acknowledgments\n01:49 Hashem’s Endless Game of Hide-and-Seek\n03:14 The Imrei Noam: Seeking Hashem Everywhere\n04:25 Every Person Has a Different Path to Discovery\n08:07 Inviting Hashem Into Every Part of Life\n20:09 Where “בכל דרכיך דעהו” Has Boundaries\n21:42 The Dangerous Voice of Rationalization\n22:50 “Hashem, Don’t Let Me Become an Imposter”\n24:20 When Repeated Sin Starts Feeling Permitted\n26:18 How a Tzaddik Can Strengthen Your Avodat Hashem\n28:17 Can You Find Kedushah in a Dark Place?\n32:33 Yaakov, Esav and Why We Don’t Seek Out Nisayon\n44:17 Protecting Yourself Without Running From Your Shlichut\n46:35 The Bracha in the Middle of an Aveirah\n47:54...","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}