Ayekah: Finding Your True Self with Rav Shlomo Katz

In this opening shiur of our new Ayekah series, Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David begin a journey into one of the deepest questions a person can hear: “Where are you?”

Based on the sefer Ayekah by Rav Reuven Sasson, this conversation opens the door to what Jewish faith really asks of a person. Not just whether you “believe in God,” but whether you are willing to live honestly, listen deeply, and discover the truest self Hashem placed within you.https://youtu.be/b92Muerrp1I

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Opening Acknowledgments and Sponsors
02:10 Choosing Ayecha as Our Study Text
03:28 Hebrew Use and Israeli Youth in the Shul
05:06 The Primordial Question: Eichah
08:23 Self-Monitoring Our Thoughts
12:35 The Snake’s Temptation Explained
16:59 God’s Compassionate Question After Temptation
19:00 Inner Treasure: Discovering What’s Within
20:30 Yaakov vs Esav: Real Riches Defined
21:39 Inward Bound: Looking Inside
22:56 Midlife Shifts: When Something Changes
24:17 Opposite of the Snake: Embracing Light
26:33 Adam’s Question: Who’s to Blame?
28:01 Primordial Sin Explained
32:03 Addiction Without Substances
34:36 The Snake’s Temptation
37:04 News as Modern Crack
39:37 Davening and the Soul’s Duty
40:38 The Snake’s Crafty Deception
42:02 Concepts of the Snake’s Influence
44:01 Lost Child Story Illustrates the Question of איכה
45:17 Rav Chaim Kramer on Uman: Proximity to Hashem Guides Choices
47:47 Adam’s Son Reveals Teshuvah After 130 Years of Fast
49:37 Hearing איכה in Daily Life: Listening for the Divine Question
52:43 Avoiding the Trap of Filling Lack: Deep Birur and Authenticity
55:30 Mashiach as the Remedy to Lack and Future Learning