Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David go straight into one of the biggest questions in avodas Hashem: How do I actually know what Hashem wants from me?
Building on the Biala Rebbe’s Torah about tefilas nashim, we revisit the difference between time-bound mitzvos and those that aren’t, and what it means that women are p’turot from so many mitzvos aseh shehazman grama, yet so often choose to do far more than they’re technically obligated to.
Through the story of Reb Pinchas ben Yair and the river, the Maharsha, and the Baal Shem Tov, Rav Shlomo opens up a powerful secret: there is something uniquely precious about mitzvos done from ratzon and bechira, not just from “I have to.”
Along the way we touch on Women of the Wall, “equality” vs. ratzon Hashem, and what happens when we start asking not “What do I want Judaism to look like?” but “What did Hashem already tell me He wants, through the Torah?”
This shiur is a deep, nuanced hug to women who feel pulled to do more, and a gentle reminder that the way Hashem created you, your instinct to give beyond obligation, is already one of the clearest places His ratzon is shining in the world.
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