n a world where everyone feels overloaded, Rebbe Nachman gives a radically simple path to calm productivity: live inside “today.”
In this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David take us through Likutey Moharan 272 — the Torah of Hayom — and show how anxiety often comes from living in yesterday or tomorrow, while true accomplishment comes from being fully present right now.
We explore why Rebbe Nachman says not only “don’t procrastinate your tasks,” but don’t procrastinate yourself — learning self-acceptance in the exact place you are today, without pressure, guilt, or harsh self-judgment.
And we end with a powerful promise: when “burden” leaves your vocabulary, avodah becomes not just doable — it becomes oneg.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction and Dedication of the Shiur
02:45 Lineage from Baal Shem Tov to Rebbe Nachman
04:29 Reb Nosson’s Prolific Writing and Persecution
07:01 Question of How One Accomplishes So Much
08:08 Modern Overwhelm and Anxiety in Our Generation
09:27 Favorite Teaching from Likutey Moharan 272
11:24 Focus on Today — “Hayom im b’kolo tishme’u”
20:02 Anxiety Manifested as Shortness of Breath
21:07 Avoid Procrastination — Start Tasks Today
24:05 Approachability of Reb Nosson vs Rebbe Nachman
26:09 Living Only for Today (Rebbe Nachman’s Way)
28:47 Contemporary Scholars on Rebbe Nachman’s Teaching
31:35 Do Not Procrastinate Yourself (Rav Yosefi)
38:40 From Burden to Pleasure in Daily Service
41:58 Reb Levi Yitzchak Bender and the “Tachnun Killer”
44:01 Avodah as Business Class — The Flight Analogy
46:05 Ignoring What Isn’t Before Us — Staying Focused
49:07 Connecting the Oslo Incident to Today’s Lesson
50:41 Repeating the Core Teaching in Hebrew
52:13 Transforming Burden into Motivation
53:52 Modern Echoes of the “Now” Concept
54:58 Holiness Linked to the Present
56:37 Living for Today, Not Tomorrow