
Episode #21
Va'Etchanan/Nachamu: Seemingly Unanswered Prayers
<p>How do we find comfort (Nachamu) when it feels like our prayers are hitting a wall?</p><p>In this powerful session for Shabbat Nachamu and parshat Va'Etchanan, Rav Shlomo Katz opens the Beis Avraham of Slonim to address the most painful question of faith: Why was Moshe Rabbeinu, who prayed 515 times, seemingly rejected? We explore the concept that a prayer not answered is not a prayer wasted. Rav Shlomo explains that Moshe's prayers created a spiritual "imprint" (Roshem) that became Torah itself. Drawing on the distinction between a "Minister" and a "Servant" found in the Gemara regarding Rabbi...

