Recorded live on Zoom in the midst of war here in Eretz Yisrael, Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David enter Ta’anit Esther with open hearts and trembling emunah.

We begin with niggunim — Kulanu Ke’echad, Ayeh Mekom Kevodo, Avo El HaMelech — and move into the deeper battlefield of Purim: not just the destruction of Haman, but the removal of machshevet Haman.

What is the “thought of Haman”? Why does Esther insist that even after victory, something deeper must be uprooted? Why is the only tefillah that is always answered the request for emunah peshuta?

In a time of missiles and miracles, Rav Shlomo speaks about:

• The illusion of political correctness as modern avodah zarah
• The difference between physical victory and spiritual freedom
• Arur Haman = Baruch Mordechai = Emunah Peshuta (502)
• Hisbodedus as the weapon of this generation
• Vision — not for 20 years from now, but for right now

This is a Purim shiur for a generation standing at a turning point in Jewish history. Come before the King. Ask for simple faith. Remove the thought of Haman.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Opening Niggun – Kulanu Ke’Echad
00:39 Safe Rooms and the Reality of War
03:29 Not Knowing How to Feel in History
06:46 Reb Nosson’s Prayer Against Klipat Haman
08:38 What Is Machshevet Haman?
11:12 Esther’s True Victory Explained
13:08 The Avodah Zarah of “What Do People Think?”
20:40 The One Prayer That Is Always Answered
31:02 Hisbodedus as the Weapon of Purim
33:20 Vision, Emunah Peshuta and Coming Before the King

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David continue Rav Kluger’s journey into the pnimiyus of Purim, this time through Matanos La’Evyonim and the question: Who is an “evyon”?

Rav Shlomo explains why Mordechai specifically established this mitzvah — to remind every Jew that a רגע לפני הישועה, we were all in a state of “evyon,” totally dependent on Hashem’s saving grace.

From there, the shiur opens a deeper door: the hidden roots of taavas mamon (the pull of money), the Gemara about galus and adding geirim, the Baal Shem Tov’s language of lifting sparks, and Rebbe Nachman’s teaching on 70 souls / 70 languages, and how “concealment before revelation” works like cracking a klipah to reach the fruit.

A Purim shiur about money… that turns into a shiur about humility, dependence on Hashem, and the inner תיקון that makes redemption possible.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Opening and Sponsorship
02:07 Money (Taivas Mamon) in Rebbe Nachman’s Teachings
10:54 Gemara on Adding Converts (Pesachim)
13:36 Lifting Sparks and Adding Gerim
19:26 70 Souls and the Roots of Israel
22:36 70 Languages and Their Negative Traits
23:43 Galus of 70 Languages as Spiritual Test
25:12 Ethiopian Women and the Birth Analogy
29:25 Rebbe Nachman on Pre-Revelation Soul Journey
34:21 Breaking the Klipah to Reach the Fruit
43:09 Mordechai’s Call to Give to the Poor

Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David continue Rav Kluger’s gorgeous ma’amar on Purim, and go deeper into the pnimiyus of Mishloach Manos as a preparation for Beis HaMikdash Sheini.

We open with “Shoshanat Yaakov,” then step right back into the sugya: Achashveirosh’s feast isn’t just a party — it’s temple-consciousness. Esther’s “לך כנוס את כל היהודים” is not only about survival; it’s about waking up and becoming a people again, so we can return and build.

Then comes the wild historical reveal from Sefer Ezra: during the Purim era, there was already a mizbe’ach in Yerushalayim, with korbanos happening, even while the Heichal still wasn’t built. Meaning: something can be “alive” before it’s “complete”… and unity is the foundation that makes the building possible.

From there, we turn to the wine: why “ad d’lo yada”? Not as an escape, but as a holy breaking of the inner mechitzos that keep us isolated. We bring in Rebbe Nachman’s yesod of yishuv hada’as, the fight against modern distraction, and the line between a Purim that opens the heart… and a Purim where Haman is still sitting at the seudah.

Yasher koach, and may we be zocheh to a Purim of real achdus, the kind that can hold a Beis HaMikdash.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Opening Niggun and Greeting
02:44 Opening the Sefer and Starting Reish Nun
03:50 Mishloach Manos as Preparation for the Second Beis Hamikdash
06:02 Achashverosh’s Feast and Its Temple Implications
07:22 Esther’s Directive to Gather the Jews
17:03 Ezra’s Altar While the Temple Remains Unbuilt
19:27 Unity, Mishloach Manos, and the Path to Rebuilding
25:45 Rav Kluger on Wine Drinking Purpose
27:59 Video Testimony and Emotional Overload
29:43 Three Cardinal Sins and Yishuv HaDa'at
32:51 Ribo’s Song and Modern Distractions
34:04 Practicing Hisbodedus for Yishuv HaDa'at
35:25 Ayahuasca and Short-Term Yishuv HaDa'at
36:31 Purpose of Desires in Rebbe Nachman
38:03 Intellectual Isolation and Haman’s Role
40:38 When Purim Drinking Fails Yishuv HaDa'at
42:44 Building a Beit Hamikdash and Unity