Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn Reb Usher’s short but piercing letter about the “game” Hashem set into creation: neshamas sent into gufim—so that our way to powers lema’alah min ha’teva (above our nature) actually runs through the body, not around it. We explore free will in real time (not acting on every thought), the danger of turning streaks of self-control into self-worship, and the quiet addiction to feeling like a victim. The avodah is to notice the strength we’re given, trace it back to its Source, and live like a baby held by its mother—safe, nourished, and not compelled by every impulse.

Topics include:

• “The game”: souls in bodies—why access to kochos she’me’al hateva is davka through the guf.
• Bechira in the moment: thoughts arise constantly; emunah means I don’t have to act on them.
• Streaks vs. Source: when discipline becomes ego-service—and how to turn victories into thanksgiving.
• The quiet pleasure of sadness: how victimhood removes responsibility—and how to break its spell.
• “Like a baby in its mother’s arms”: cultivating felt safety with Hashem to dissolve compulsion.
• Reading the paragraph again (and again): training the eye to see that every strength is a gift.
• Touching Or HaGanuz—the light of Bereishit—without pretending we’re perfect.

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Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David learn a piece from Reb Usher that reminds us that the foundation of our existence is emunah—and that the milchemes hamiddos (inner war of character) never clocks out. We learn how to ask not “lama?—why is this happening?” but “lemah?—what is this for?” and how that shift turns panic into tefillah, despair into light, and homes full of worry into homes clothed in warmth.

Topics include:

• Why tzaddikim begin each day certain that Hashem believes in them—even when yesterday was rough.
• The core daily avodah: strengthening ourselves “again and again,” starting anew without getting tired.
• The difference between asking for emunah and simply wishing to find it.
• “Concern vs. worry”: turning da’agah into tefillah—and how a parent’s calm face uplifts the whole home (“Lo tira leveita mi’sheleg”).
• Two wars inside us—Beha’aloscha (reactive sirens) vs. Ki Teitzei (pre-emptive courage)—and why a Jew is called to go out to the fight.
• How yissurim awaken bitul/efesiyut (holy nothingness) that reveals Or HaGanuz—the hidden light of emunah.
• Cooling Amalek vs. a house of warmth: becoming Bnei Emunah, not just a “startup nation.”
• Believing in Geulah means believing in Am Yisrael—and in the light waiting at the end of each circle.

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