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)
Four Pillars of Classroom Management (2012 Edition)
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Ki Tisa: “Please Erase Me From Your Book”
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Tetzaveh: Urim v’Tumim – the Emergency (Outdated?) Divine Telegraph System
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Q&A #37: Moshiach, Moshiach, Moshiach, Short-Torah Recommendations, AI, When to...
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Avos 4:3 - Don't Diss Anyone or Anything
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Q&A #36: Dealing with Guilt, Strengthening Halacha Observance, and Self-Diagnosi...
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Terumah: Badei ha’Aron (The Staves of the Ark)
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Mishpatim: Which Gerim Shouldn’t We Oppress?
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Avos 4:2 - Mitzvah Goreres Mitzvah, v'Aveirah Goreres Aveirah (Part 2)
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That Time Onkelos Resurrected Jesus Through Necromancy (Gittin 56b) Part 2
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Avos 4:2 - Mitzvah Goreres Mitzvah, v'Aveirah Goreres Aveirah (Part 1)
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ChatGPTorah Talk: Berachah on Milah, "Can ChatGPT Give Brisker Sevara?" (and a S...
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Yisro: Rambam – On Miracles as a Foundation of Belief
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Q&A #35: Vengeance, Struggles with God, Footnote 4, Changing Jobs, Prioritizing...
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That Time Onkelos Resurrected Jesus Through Necromancy (Gittin 56b) Part 1
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Avos 4:1 - Eizehu Mechubad? (Who is Honored?)
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My Eulogy for Rabbi Daniel Rosenthal, the "Johnny Appleseed of Torah"
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Bo: Eizov – The Humble Herb that Ended Egypt
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Avos 4:1 - Eizehu Ashir? (Who is Wealthy?)
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Why I Identify With Radak
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Rambam: On Beating Tetris (and Rabbi Moskowitz: On Playing Tiddlywinks)
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Avos 4:1 - Eizehu Gibor? (Who is Mighty?)
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ChatGPTorah Talk: On Proverbs 16:32
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Sforno's Counterintuitive Take on Makkas Bechoros and Korban Pesach (REDUX)
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Rabbi Moskowitz on Shalom Bayis and Toilet Paper
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Avos 5:21 - Pirkei Avos: On Turning Forty
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The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack Update: Three Changes for January 2024
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Vayechi: Don’t Stop Working Or Else You’ll Die (Especially If You’re Not Jewish)
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Vayigash: May [the Word of] God Be With You (Rough Draft)
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Asarah b'Teves 5784: Ezkerah Matzok (Selichos Exploration)
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Mikeitz: Self-Deprivation in Solidarity With Others Who Are Suffering
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Mikeitz: Rabbeinu Bachya on Rabbeinu Bachya on Bitachon (Trust in Hashem)
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Avos 4:1 - Eizehu Chacham? (Who is Wise?) Part 1
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Chanukah 5784: Maimonian Doughnuts and My Current Understanding of Minhag (FREE...
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Asking for Miracles on Chanukah: Updated for 2023, in Light of the War with Hama...
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Vayeishev: The Consequences of Tattling and Misguided Rebuke
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Vayishlach: Does Hashem Always Keep His Promises and Should We Follow His Lead?
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Vayishlach: When Should the Righteous Bow Before the Wicked?
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Avos 3:20 - Entrées and Appetizers in Learning
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Vayeitzei: Hashem’s Love-Hate Relationship With Stone Monuments
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Vayeitzei: Leah’s Thanksgiving Revolution
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God of Time or Dog Eating Its Own Vomit? (a "The Stoic Jew Podcast" Crossover Po...
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Q&A #34: Shir ha'Shirim, Yitzchak's Blindness, Teaching the Derech, Knife Yod, "...
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Avos 3:19 - A Tale of Two Trees
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Chayei Sarah: The Virgin Rivka - Plain Pshat and Wild Drash
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Avos 3:19 - Kemach (Flour) Plus Torah
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Vayeira: A Lesson in Tznius from Lote's Daughters
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Avos 3:19 - Binah Plus Daas
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Neither Hamas Nor the Nazis Are Halachically Amalek According to the Rambam
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Lech Lecha: Avraham’s Origin Story and the Torah’s Silence
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