Where Faith and Intellect Meet and Grow | Rebbe Nachman

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In one of the most clarifying shiurim of the year, Rav Shlomo Katz explores Rebbe Nachman’s teaching in Likutei Moharan Torah 91 — a powerful meditation on how faithfulness (אמונה) is not just a feeling of the heart, but something that must permeate the entire body. Why do we so often feel disconnected, even after miracles? Why does redemption sometimes feel foggy instead of euphoric? What happens when the moment we've been waiting for doesn't match the image we had in our minds? Rav Shlomo weaves together ancient wisdom, current events, and deeply personal reflection to show that אמונה and שכל — faithfulness and intellect — are not in conflict. They are dance partners. The shiur explores how Moshe Rabbeinu’s raised hands in the battle against Amalek symbolize the ultimate union of אמונה that extends into the hands — into action, into embodiment — until it reaches the level of שמש, of inner illumination and understanding. This is a shiur for anyone trying to hold onto faith in confusing times, anyone longing to bridge belief and reason, and anyone searching for meaning in the fog.