Machshavah Lab
My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss. My goal as a Torah educator is not merely to teach my students my OWN hashkafah. Rather, my goal is to equip them with the foundations, the methodological training, and the tools which will enable them to arrive at their OWN understanding of Judaism and cultivate their OWN relationship with Hashem and His Torah. This podcast is devoted to the shiurim I give which are geared specifically towards that end. As such, the range of topics covered here will be diverse...
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Episodes (622)
Chukas: How the Deaths of Tzadikim Atone
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Korach: The Sexual Allegations Against Moshe Rabbeinu
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Shelach: Shadal’s Radical Take on the Forty Years in the Wilderness
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Shelach: Challah as a Consequence of the Cheit ha'Meraglim
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Q&A #40: Working Hours, Freud-Ego, Waving Leviim, Blind Obedience, Self-Help, Te...
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Behaalosecha: Moshe’s Short[ened] Tefilah
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Behaalosecha: Insights from the Shortest Tefilah Ever
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Emulating Darwin: A Jewish Approach to Seeking God
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Naso: Shivim Panim la'Torah in Context
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Shavuos is NOT About the Giving of the Torah
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Ralbag's Sixteen Toalos (Lessons) from Megilas Rus (The Book of Ruth)
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She'eilas Shalom ba'Shem Greeting in the Name of God (Part 2)
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Avos 4:5 - Sforno and Rashbatz on the Permissibility of Taking Money for Torah (...
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #7: Immortality in This World
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #6: His True Memorial
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She'eilas Shalom ba'Shem (Greeting in the Name of God) Part 1
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #05b: Addendum - Fat Guys in the Woods
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #05: Tishah b’Av - The Most Enjoyable Day of the Summer
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #04: The Hike
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #03: A Rebbi of Students He Never Met
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #02: Burying My Rebbi Admit Tears and Suppressed Laughter
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #01: Random Learning Session with Ben and Me and 2011
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Bechukosai: Rav Hirsch on the Eight Stages of Going Off the Derech
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Bechukosai: Ibn Kaspi on Why the Written Torah Doesn't Mention Olam ha'Ba
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Behar: The Torah’s Double Standard for Slave Labor (Part 4: Approach #3)
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Avos 4:5 - Rambam's Opposition to Taking Money for Torah (Part 2)
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Behar: The Torah’s Double Standard for Slave Labor (Part 3: Approach #2)
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Behar: The Torah’s Double Standard for Slave Labor (Part 2: Approach #1)
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Behar: The Torah’s Double Standard for Slave Labor (Part 1: Questions)
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Avos 4:5 - Rambam's Opposition to Taking Money for Torah (Part 1)
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Emor / Kedoshim: Should Kids Be Taken to Magic Shows? (Written Version)
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Emor / Kedoshim: Should I Take My Kid to a Magic Show? (Full Shiur)
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Avos 4:5 - Two Motives for Learning
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Q&A #39: Relationship with Learning, Identifying Social vs. Torah Values, Shlish...
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How the (Seemingly) Outdated Elements of Torah Are Evidence of Its Perfection (R...
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Acharei Mos / Kedoshim: How Ancient Israelites Viewed Incest (and Why It Matters...
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Avos 4:4 - Desecrating Hashem's Name in Secret
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Q&A #38: Shefoch, Split-Hallel, Babies, Begin w/Degradation, Baruch ha'Makom, Ha...
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The Whore in the Haggadah
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Haftaras Tazria: Charging Money for Miracles
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Astronomy vs. Omens: A Jewish View of the Eclipse
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Shemini: DUI (Davening Under the Influence)
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Tzav: Heavenly Fire and Hidden Miracles
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Avos 4:4 - Be Very, Very Humble (Part 1)
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Ralbag's Lessons from Megilas Esther: Part 3 (#27-35)
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The Ambiguous Vibe of Taanis Esther
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A Theory Connecting Purim to Yom ha’Kipurim Which is NOT Based on Specious Lingu...
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Ralbag's Lessons from Megilas Esther: Part 2 (#15-26)
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Vayakhel/Pikudei: Tedious by Design
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Ralbag's Lessons from Megilas Esther: Part 1 (#1-14)
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