Yom Yerushalayim in Woodmere: Removing the Locks of Habit

What does it take to truly wake up from spiritual slumber?Speaking to the community in Woodmere, NY, Rav Shlomo Katz dives into the Midrashic teaching that the Hebrew word for city (Ir) means "to wake up," revealing how Yerushalayim physically and spiritually rouses the dormant holiness inside us.Confronting the modern crisis of feeling spiritually empty despite having material abundance, Rav Shlomo teaches that we must strip away the rigid calculations and habits—the "locks" (na'al) on our souls—just as Moshe removed his shoes at the burning bush in order to truly stand before Hashem.Drawing from a powerful story of a funeral in Jerusalem where a Tzadik's direct phone number was promised to never be disconnected, and the simple, heartbreaking cry of "Ayekah" (Where are You?) from the depths of a broken heart, this shiur urges us to carve the reality of Hashem into our very being and never stop dialing His number----------For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.comJoin Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t