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Episode Synopsis
Rav Shlomo Katz and the chevra of Shirat David explore the avodah of Melave Malka not as a custom but as an act of love.Drawing from Shulchan Aruch, Gemara, the Rizhiner Rebbe, and the Shlah HaKadosh, we learn that escorting the Shabbos Queen is not about leftovers or convenience, but about honoring the Presence that filled our homes for twenty-five hours. Melave Malka stands as its own seudah—mutzav artza, v’rosho magia ha’shamayma—rooted in the weekday yet reaching Heaven.Through niggun, food, and consciousness, we discover how Motzei Shabbos becomes the bridge between holiness and ordinary life, and how angels ascend and descend with us each week. When we escort Shabbos with song, intention, and kavod, the light of Shabbos does not leave, it lingers.This shiur invites us to slow the goodbye, to sing the Queen out gently, and to begin the week with dignity, simcha, and blessing.— For more shiurim and music from Rav Shlomo Katz: https://ravshlomokatz.comJoin the WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_tChapters / Timestamps00:03 – Opening Niggun: “Esa Einai El Heharim” 04:05 – A New Hanan Niggun: “Rachmana Libba Ba’ei” 09:23 – From Song to Torah 12:57 – What Is the Seuda of Motzei Shabbos? 14:19 – Shulchan Aruch: Escorting Shabbos with a Seuda 16:33 – Maharsha: Why Leftovers Don’t Count 22:16 – The Rizhiner Rebbe: The Ladder of Melave Malka 26:34 – Angels Ascending and Descending 29:16 – Escorting the Queen with Song 31:24 – Delaying the Goodbye: Tosefet Shabbos 33:00 – The Gra’s Rebbetzin and the Power of Melave Malka 36:10 – Closing Reflections and Practical Kabbalah
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