What happens when an enemy loses every shred of humanity?

In a deeply personal and vulnerable Shemot shiur on Reb Shlomo’s birthday, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David confront the painful reality of our generation. Drawing from the Izhbitzer Rebbe (Mei HaShiloach), we explore the verse "The King of Egypt died." We learn that this does not merely refer to a physical death, but to the death of humaneness itself—a state where the enemy is no longer capable of basic human feeling.

From the tunnels of Gaza to the hallways of the Knesset, we discuss the shattering of Western assumptions and the necessity of returning to the "Har Sinai Values" that define true morality. Rav Shlomo challenges us to look beyond the confusion of Western culture and "woke" terminology to ask the hard question: Have we actually woken up? We discuss the danger of falling back into the mindset of "it wasn't that bad" and the necessity of screaming out to Hashem. Featuring a powerful story from Rav Soloveitchik regarding the sanctity of life and insights from Rabbi Shlomo Riskin on the modern-day worship of Molech, this episode is a call to clear the fog, choose our side, and realize that true redemption begins when we stop tolerating the intolerable.

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In Parashat Vayechi, Yaakov Avinu gathers his children for what feels like the ultimate “final download” — He’asfu… and I’ll tell you what will happen at the end of days.

And then… it disappears. Nistalka mimenu haShechinah.

In this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn a short but life-shaping Torah from Even Shlomo: sometimes the deepest clarity isn’t prophecy at all. It’s the holy not knowing that opens a person into yearning, into tefillah, into real closeness.

We speak about what a parent wants most for their children, why “knowing how it’ll all turn out” can quietly shut down the heart, and why the night, when you can’t see clearly, can bring out the deepest kind of sight: “וכל עין לך תצפה” — a life of yearning.

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Parshat Vayigash is the moment the Ishbitzer says is the closest we can taste in this world to what it will feel like when Moshiach reveals himself.

Because “Ani Yosef” isn’t just a plot twist. It’s the revelation that everything that looked like hester panim… everything that felt like an enemy… everything that seemed like punishment… was actually part of the process that “squeezed” a deeper YOU out of you.

In this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David dive into the Even Shlomo which opens a daring question:

If not every Jew is always living on the level of kodesh… could it be that every Jew is still Kodesh Kodashim?

We explore:

• Why the Kodesh Kodashim is in Binyamin’s portion (not Yosef’s)
• The difference between being “holy” vs being Holy of Holies
• Why sinas chinam is uniquely incompatible with Kodesh Kodashim
• Reb Carlebach's radical lens: the Ba’al Teshuva doesn’t just need the Mikdash. He builds it
• What forgiveness looks like on the level of kodesh… versus kodesh kodashim, where the whole story dissolves

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