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)
Bamidbar: The Terminal Bachelorhood of Nadav and Avihu
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Q&A #28: Entertainment, Rebuke, Accepting Lashon ha'Ra, Hedonism, and Echo-Chamb...
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Q&A #27: How to Engage Students, Shlish vs. Libo Chafetz, Benefits of Teaching,...
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Behar: The Prohibition to Free a Canaanite Slave
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Avos 3:17 - How to Become Fabulously Wealthy! (Tithes are a Fence for Wealth)
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Bechukosai: Why are Women Worth Less than Men?
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Eight Explanations of Shaatnez
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Q&A #26: Should a Rebbi Talk Openly About Personal Struggles? Workplace Temptati...
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Emor: Why Judaism Punishes Converts
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Avos 3:17 - Vows are a Fence for Prishus
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Emor: Does Hashem Hate Unibrows?
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Kedoshim: Defining Rechilus (Gossip)
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Acharei Mos / Kedoshim: Is it Immoral to Desire Arayos? (According to the Rambam...
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Q&A #25: Rechilus, Benefits of YBT, Work/Life, Benefits of Jewish Community, Jus...
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Avos 3:16 - How to Relate to Superiors, Inferiors, and All People
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Tazria: Rambam's Explanation for Why Milah is Done on the Eighth Day
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Overview of the Halachos of Rechilus and Lashon ha'Ra
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Q&A #24: Davening for Refuah for Others, Avraham's Care About Legacy, New Theory...
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Avos 3:15 - Five Ways to Lose Olam ha'Ba
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Shemini - Why Can't We Eat Bugs?
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Jewish Pedagogy: On Asking Stupid Questions
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Memento Mori and True Human Empathy at the Seder
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Avadim Hayinu: Would We Still Be Slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt?
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Arbaah Banim: The Alternate Version of the Wise and Simple Sons
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Maaseh b’Rebbi Eliezer: Abravanel’s Framing of Insomnia on Pesach Night
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Four Reasons for the Four Cups
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Q&A #23: Overcoming Closemindedness, Seeing Chidushim, Dealing with Shame, Pheno...
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Tzav: Korban Todah – Thanking God with a Chametz and Matzah Party
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Vayikra: Shadal's View of Korbanos
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The Fundamental Importance of NON-Symbolic Chametz
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Q&A #22: Why Are You Orthodox, Chavrusa Off-Days, Side-Stepping Perfection, Conc...
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"Hashem Decreed the Egyptian Slavery?! God Forbid!" (Sforno on Shemos 1:1-14)
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Vayakhel: The Meaning of the Mirror Donation (ABBREVIATED 1-page article version...
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Pikudei: The Meaning of the Mirror Donation (SHIUR version)
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Q&A #21: "What should I do if my friends are speaking lashon ha'ra about our oth...
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Avos 3:14 - Four Bad Habits that Remove You From the World
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My Eulogy for Popo
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Ki Tisa: Is Shabbos a Day of Simchah?
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If Hashem Only Gives Chochmah to Chachamim, How Do WE Get It? (Berachos 55a) Par...
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If Hashem Only Gives Chochmah to Chachamim, How Do WE Get It? (Berachos 55a) Par...
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Megilas Esther: How Esther Stayed Religious
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Mechiyas Amalek: Emulating a Vengeful God
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ABBREVIATED VERSION: My Current (Radical?) Understanding of the Mitzvah to Get D...
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My Current (Radical?) Understanding of the Mitzvah to Get Drunk on Purim
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The Perils of Distracted Learning (Avos 3:9)
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HALF ARTICLE VERSION Mishpatim: The Sanctuary-Altar Sanctuary (or Mizbeach as Re...
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Q&A #20: Changing TSBP, Bakashah Advice, Chesed/Tzedakah Guidance, What Should I...
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Q&A #19: Impromptu Hodaah, Is God Bound by Logic, Svara Intuition, Inyanei d'Yom...
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SHIUR VERSION of Mishpatim: The Sanctuary-Altar Sanctuary (or "Mizbeach as a Ref...
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Everything I Know About Techiyas ha'Meisim
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