Hachana L'Shabbos

What type of rest do we yearn for on Shabbat? How do we frame our mindset during the week to prepare for Shabbat and how can we transform our Shabbat experience? Using the teachings of Rabbi Yaakov Meir Shechter, a leading Breslov Rabbi, in his sefer Yom Machmadim, we build tools towards enhancing our ability to connect to the day of rest.

Hachana L'Shabbos is a religion podcast hosted by Rav Shlomo Katz, with 105 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Rav Shlomo Katz hosts Hachana L'Shabbos, a religion show with 105 episodes published.

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  Episode #23

  Why Are We Still Stuttering? | Shabbos HaGadol

  Mar 27, 202630 minS5

  <p>There are moments in history when the greatest miracle isn’t what we do… but how clearly we can say why we’re doing it.</p><p>On the original Shabbos HaGadol, Bnei Yisrael didn’t just take the korban Pesach. They were asked by the Egyptians what they were doing… and they answered בלי גמגום. No hesitation. No confusion. Total clarity.</p><p>This wasn’t just bravery. This was a miracle.</p><p>In this deeply timely Hachana L’Shabbos, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David explore why Shabbos HaGadol is not named for the date, but for the day, and w...

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  Episode #22

  The "Good Old Days" Are Irrelevant | Shabbos Hachodesh

  Mar 13, 202638 minS5

  <p>In this Hachana L’Shabbos for Parshas Hachodesh, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David open up one of the deepest avodos of this season: hischadshus—not changing into someone else, but renewing yourself exactly from where you are right now.</p><p>Drawing from the Chiddushei Harim, the Beis Avraham of Slonim, Reb Nosson, and Rebbe Nachman, this shiur is a call to stop waiting for the “right time,” the “better version” of yourself, or the return of the so-called “good old days.” The mitzvah of Hachodesh hazeh lachem was given דווקא in Mitzrayim to teach us that renewal begins i...

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  Episode #21

  A Shabbos Zachor Above the Heavens

  Feb 27, 202633 minS5

  <p>Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David enter Shabbos Zachor in a moment unlike any other.</p><p>There has never been a Shabbos Zachor like this one. Not in our lifetimes.</p><p>Drawing from the Maggid of Mezeritch, Rav Biderman, the Ishbitzer Rebbes, and the holy Tiferes Shmuel, we explore Amalek’s true war — not against belief in God, but against belief in hashgacha pratis. Not “Does God exist?” but “Is He involved?”</p><p>Amalek cools us off. He whispers: It’s all a coincidence. It’s all mitachas haShamayim. But the Torah commands us: Timcheh es z...

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  Episode #20

  Ultimate Trust in the One Above

  Feb 20, 202652 minS5

  <p>This week in Hachana L’Shabbos, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David take us deeper into the “benching series” with a powerful focus on bitachon—what it really means to trust Hashem, and how that trust changes a person from the inside out.</p><p>Starting from the words we sing and say so often—“Baruch HaGever asher yivtach baHashem”—we explore why the pasuk repeats itself, and how Chazal read that repetition as a map of ultimate trust: not just believing in Hashem, but letting Hashem become the only “support beam” you’re leaning on.</p><p>Along the way we...

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  Episode #19

  Acquiring Yirat Hashem

  Feb 6, 202643 minS5

  <p>What does it really mean to acquire Yirat Hashem without becoming anxious, rigid, or spiritually “small”?</p><p>In this Hachana L’Shabbos, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David zoom in on the words we often rush past near the end of bentching: “Yiru es Hashem kedoshav, ki ein machsor l’yire’av.” Rav Biederman brings a powerful teaching בשם בית אהרן מקרלין: if a person is truly chasing Yirat Shamayim, nothing is missing — spiritually and emotionally.</p><p>From there we open Rav Kook’s Middot HaRa’ayah and discover a surprising definition: real Yirah doesn’t weaken you. It gives oz v’gevurah, fills life with...

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