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...
Episodes (622)
Sforno on Sedom: Understanding the Dialogue Between Avraham and Hashem (and Impl...
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Noach: Searching for Meaning in the Post-Diluvian Genealogy
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Avos 3:19 - Torah Plus Derech Eretz
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Bereishis/Noah - Why God Hates Hamas (חמס and حماس)
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Q&A #33: Crying Out, Feeling Powerless, For His Name, Teshuvah at This Time, Civ...
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Q&A #32: Eis Ratzon, Covid-Gaza Connection, Balancing Life and Emotions During W...
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Thoughts on the Role of Jewish Educators at a Time of War
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Shemini Atzeres 5781: The Festival of Holding On
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This is Your Mind on Lulav: The Psychoactive Properties of the Four Species (Par...
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The Beneficial Effects of Torah Wine on Metaphysical Heart Rate Recovery
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Shabbos Shuvah 5784: How to Do Teshuvah, Little by Little
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Interpersonal Teshuvah (Rambam Hilchos Teshuvah 2:9-11)
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How to Do Teshuvah, Step by Step (Rambam Hilchos Teshuvah 2:2,9-11)
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Avos 3:18 - R' Akiva's Amazon Fresh Allegory
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Nitzavim: What Would Teshuvah Look Like If It Were Easy?
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Ki Tavo: Lone Learning vs. Group Learning
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Some Thoughts on Rabbi Moskowitz's Unveiling
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Ki Teitzei: Ramban - On Cruelty to Animals
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Two MAJOR Professional/Life Updates for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
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Shoftim: Trusting Hashem in Poverty and Jurisprudence
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Re’eh: The Meaning of Mixing Milk and Meat for a Modern Maimonidean
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Eikev: When Avodah Zarah Works (and Why)
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Vaeschanan: Mezuzah – Caffeine for the Soul
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The Sins of Beitar (Tishah b'Av 5783 Post-Shiur Learning)
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Kinnah #11 - Yirmiyahu Lamented Over Yoshiyahu (Tishah b'Av 5783)
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The Sin of Columbus, Yehoyakim, and American Jewry
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Devarim: The Idolatry of Showing Favoritism in Judgment
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No Excuses in Talmud Torah: Ralbag’s Conclusion to Sefer Bamidbar
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Freddie Mercury, Shadal, and the Crisis of Human Finitude
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Pinchas: The Biological Kohen (and Why I Identify as a Levi)
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17th of Tammuz 5783: Which Tamid Ceased (Part 1: Questions)
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Become the Best by Accepting that You Aren’t
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Chukas: Ultra-Pure Cave Babies, Taylor Swift, and Enriched Uranium
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On Why I Value 18Forty and the Orthodox Conundrum Podcasts
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Korach: To Guard and Revere the Mikdash
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Shelach: That Time the Letter Yod Pleaded Before Hashem
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Nazir Reexamined - Part 2: Ralbag's Approach
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Q&A #31: Goals, Work, Weddings, Teaching Middos, Year in Review, Baal Teshuvah B...
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Behaalosecha: The Shechinah Isn't a Dog Person
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Avos 3.18 - Hierarchies of Divine Love
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Behaalosecha: Moshe's View of Miracles
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Naso: Confessing to an Omnipotent God
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Nazir Reexamined - Part 1: Facts and Questions
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Q&A #30: Teshuvah, Tochachah, Svara, Drush, and Halachos Outside of Taryag
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Avos 3:17 - Textual Integrity and Emunas Chachamim
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Celebration of Rabbi Moskowitz's Life (held at YBT on his 1st Yahrzeit)
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Rabbi Moskowitz's Approach to Eishes Chayil
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Bamidbar: Moshe's Non-Biological Sons
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Q&A #29: Keeping Pace with a Minyan, Is it a Mitzvah to Speculate, Can People Be...
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Avos 3:17 and 1:17 - The Virtue of Silence
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