Pesach with Rav Shlomo Katz

On Seder night, we don’t just tell the story of leaving Egypt. We repair what Egypt broke.Drawing from a powerful ma’amar of Rav Avraham Tzvi Kluger, this shiur reveals how the four cups of wine are part of a spiritual tikun that reaches back to the earliest cracks in humanity. From the generation of the flood to the sins of Cham, the raven, and the dog, something broke in how we saw ourselves. Pesach night gives us a chance to fix it.Rav Shlomo Katz walks us through this multi-generational healing, showing how the act of drinking on this night reminds us of who we became and who we’re still becoming. It’s not about looking back with guilt. It’s about remembering we have the tools to move forward, not just for ourselves, but for the entire chain of generations that came before us.

It’s always there, sitting quietly on the Seder plate. A simple egg. But what’s it really doing there?Rav Shlomo Katz delves deeply into the soul of this mysterious symbol, following Rav Kluger's teachings. Why is the egg a sign of mourning, yet placed front and center on the night of redemption? Why does Tisha B’Av always fall out on the same night of the week as the Seder? What’s the deeper connection between exile and geulah, between heartbreak and hope?The egg whispers a hidden truth: Hashem’s love was never severed, even as we were sent into galut. On this night of freedom, the egg invites us to remember that every shattered moment holds the potential for reunion, for rebirth, and for love that lasts forever.

An overview of the different times the Korban Pesach was brought, and a deeper look into the necessity of the mitzvah as a preparation for the Exodus.

Why does the Torah call the night or le’arba’ah asar—“the light of the fourteenth”—when it’s clearly dark outside? What’s this night trying to tell us?Join Rav Shlomo Katz and enter the hidden world of the night before Pesach. With the voices of Reb Nosson of Breslov and R’ Shlomo Carlebach echoing through the room, we learn how this is not just a night of cleaning and checking. This is a night of transformation.We begin to burn not only the chametz in our homes, but the chametz in our minds: the belief that nature is fixed, that our past defines us, that we’re stuck in darkness. On this night, we declare: darkness is an illusion. Night can shine like day. And within the cracks of our stories, those places that once hurt, we find the deepest light.The night of Bedikat Chametz is the beginning of redemption, not just for our homes, but for our souls.

A teaching on the preparation for Pesach from Reb Tzvi Meir Zilberberg

Seder night is the most prepared-for night of the year, and yet, somehow, the night we often feel least prepared for. That contradiction? It’s not a mistake. It’s the holy essence of the night itself.In this shiur, we explore the dance between hishtadlus and surrender, structure and surprise, longing and gratitude. With stories, soul, and laughter, Rav Shlomo takes us deep into the contradictions that define Pesach—from parenting to prayer, from planning sedarim to missing flights. Real freedom, it turns out, comes not when everything makes sense but when we can ask the question "Why me?" and be okay not having an answer.

Is it possible to fake out the kategor, the prosecution which stands against man?

When was the first Seder kept, and by who?

The inner meaning of this in-between time of the redemption of Purim and the redemption of Pesach.

The Pesach we commemorate and the Pesach of the future redemption.From the teachings of Rav Kook.

What would you do if you were told that if you put your heart and soul into one night, your children will be set forever?pesach, passover, torah, judaism, shlomo katz, shirat david, efrat

How could a Seder take place in the heart of slavery, before redemption even began? What power did that first night hold to transform exile into freedom? Drawing on the heartfelt teachings of Rav Kluger, Rav Shlomo Katz explores the profound origins of the Pesach Seder, held in Egypt amidst oppression and fear. Discover how the Israelites’ unwavering emunah— believing in Hashem’s promise as if it had already happened — drew down divine redemption. Uncover the secret of that first Seder’s rituals, from the Pesach offering to matzah, which turned slaves into a nation of faith. This episode reveals how our Seder today can channel that same transformative faith, rooting us in Torah and connecting us to Hashem’s timeless light.pesach, geula, redemption, shlomo katz, shirat david, efrat, Israel, idf, rav kluger, breslov, baal shem tov