Who doesn't want to become a mevakesh emet, a truth seeker? We all do, but rarely do we find a clearly crafted path toward becoming just that. Welcome to the world of Avodat Hanefesh of the בלבבי משכן אבנה. Embrace yourself, as much of this approach may not be what one is used to, but is guaranteed to introduce us to a new yet old way of character refinement.

Tikkun Hamidot (1)  - How Does It Start - Rabbi Shlomo Katz

What do you do when the story you are reading ends abruptly, and the calming closing line is not what you expected it to be? 18 minutes of Emuna, based on an idea from Rav Erez Moshe Doron.

Emuna in the Heart, Mind and Soul (2) - Rav Shlomo Katz

Daily Tanya - 24 Tishrei 5784 - pt 4 Epistle 24

Daily Tanya - 29 Shevat 5784 - pt 1 chapter 25e

Daily Tanya - 2 Cheshvan 5785 - part 4 Epistle 25h

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn a fierce, yet compassionate, letter from Reb Usher Freund on what to do precisely when, in holy moments, the mind floods with מחשבות זרות—blurry, intrusive, and confusing thoughts. Instead of spiraling into self-hatred, Reb Usher reframes them as invitations to ביטול/אין: not “I am garbage,” but “I’m held and that my strength is borrowed Light.” 

We explore how recognizing our true value as receivers gives us real contro, not over what thoughts appear, but over how we respond. With Tehillim’s “הוציאה ממסגר נפשי,” the image of the loyal בהמה to its master, and Avraham’s “ואנכי עפר ואפר,” the shiur charts a path to turn rent-free thoughts into rent-paid growth.

Topics include:

- Why bad thoughts show up in good places—and why that doesn’t define you.
- “Control” redefined: not stopping thoughts, but steering response.
- Living with thoughts vs. warring with them; tasting ביטול without falling into ייאוש.
- “בהמות הייתי עמך”: learning holy surrender from a loyal animal to its Master.
- “הוציאה ממסגר נפשי”: escaping the hamster-wheel mind.
-Avraham’s “ואנכי עפר ואפר” as the gateway to deepest strength.
- Turning confusion into clarity: from rent-free to rent-due.

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13. The Gifts that Emerge from Confusing Thoughts

off the album Vehakohanim
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Gibor - In Memory of Staff-Sgt Ari Weiss HYD - Shlomo Katz

a letter written by the Aish Kodesh to his followers, Erev Pesach,  a few months before the Second World War

An Erev Pesach Letter from the Aish Kodesh, March 1939 - Rabbi Shlomo Katz

An unbelievable story about the Lubavitcher Rebbe's far-reaching spiritual vision in connection with the special significance of the fifth night of Chanukah. "This is the duty of every Jew, wherever he may find himself, be it in Warsaw, in Moscow or in London, to illuminate even the greatest darkness."

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The Most AMAZING Story! - The Lubavitcher Rebbe and the Fifth Night of Chanukah

three processes taking place simultaneously in each and every one of us

13. The Gifts that Emerge from Confusing Thoughts

Rav Shlomo Katz

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