Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David open a living doorway into תְּפִלַּת נָשִׁים (women’s prayer) and why holy masters refused to daven without a women’s section. With the Biale Rebbe, the Sar Shalom of Belz, and Reb Aharon of Belz, we hear a simple, searing standard: if the gates of prayer feel closed, we must lean on the gates of tears, which never close. And whose tears flow most readily? “נָשִׁים דִּמְעָתָן מְצוּיָה” (women’s tears are near at hand).
We revisit רִבְקָה אִמֵּנוּ (Rivka Imeinu), רָחֵל אִמֵּנוּ (Rachel Imeinu) and חַנָּה (Chana)—the mothers whose inner voice and holy tears became the blueprint of the foundations of prayer. And we learn why certain tzaddikim delayed inaugurations, paused before the amud, or spoke first to the women on Yom Kippur night: because women's prayer lifts the room and with it, all of Am Yisrael.
What you’ll hear:
- Sha’arei tefillah / sha’arei dim’ah (שְׁעָרֵי תְּפִלָּה / שַׁעֲרֵי דִמְעָה): when words stall, tears open
- Stories of Belz & Biale: no ezrat nashim (עזרת נשים)? no davening
- Koach ha-havchana (כֹּחַ הַהַבְחָנָה — holy discernment) → targeted tefillah (תפילה)
- Chana as the source-text for sidrei tefillah (סדרי תפילה)
- How women’s kol (קול — voice) and dim’ah (דמעה — tears) raise the tefillot of the whole tzibbur
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“The Rebbes Who Would Only Daven If There Was A Women’s Section | The Power of Women's Prayers (6)” is a video from Rav Shlomo Katz, published on November 13, 2025 and available to watch on VideoVinkel. The total runtime is 42:01. It has been viewed 704 times so far. Press play above to stream the full video right here, or open the original on YouTube.
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