The Leadership of Women in the Era of Redemption with Rav Shlomo Katz

9. Miriam’s Conduction of Shirat HaYam

In this closing class of the series, Rav Shlomo Katz explores Miriam HaNeviah’s role in Shirat HaYam — not only leading the women with drums and dance, but conducting a song of redemption that carried unique depth and patience. Through the Rebbe’s insights, the Arizal, and classic commentaries, we discover how women’s faith, longing, and song complete the vision of geula — then and now.

8. Women & Geula: It Is You Who Make Me Beautiful

Rav Shlomo Katz reflects on the slavery and breakthrough of Am Yisrael in Mitzrayim, and how — in the merit of righteous women — the beauty of redemption was revealed.

7. A Woman’s Mesirut Nefesh: Rachel Immeinu’s Legacy

Rav Shlomo Katz explores the legacy of Rachel Immeinu, whose selfless devotion reveals the essence of a Jewish soul’s light, drawing on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

6. Yocheved: The Mother of Redemption

Rav Shlomo Katz teaches about Yocheved, the mother of Moshe Rabbeinu — exploring the place of her conception and birth, and how her life carried within it the seeds of future leadership and redemption.

5. Miriam’s Vision of Moshe as Mashiach

Rav Shlomo Katz, learning from Rav Kook, reveals the deeper meaning of Miriam’s challenge to Moshe: she longed to see him not only as the giver of Torah, but also as the one who could embody Israel’s national soul — a leader of both prophet and king. Her vision pointed to a future when Torah and nationhood, spirit and body, holiness and daily life, will no longer be divided but reunited. Though the world was not yet ready in Moshe’s time, Miriam’s dream still echoes: the Messianic ideal of wholeness, where heaven and earth dwell together as one.