The Stoic Jew
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My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss. I am, first and foremost, an Orthodox Jew. I am also a student of the Stoic masters: Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. This podcast is dedicated to exploring the relationship between Judaism and Stoicism - where they overlap, where they differ, and how they complement each other. I also use this podcast to think out loud about how to apply the principles of Judaism and Stoicism to my own life, with all its ups and downs.
Episodes (332)
To Die Like Ben Azzai in Pardes … Would it Be So Bad? (Aurelius – Meditations 12...
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Nov 15, 202226:15pending
B’Shem Hashem El Olam: Only God “Has Time” (Aurelius – Meditations 2:4)
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Nov 8, 202224:19pending
You Can’t Be Present Yesterday (Aurelius - Meditations 2:14)
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Nov 3, 202214:54pending
How Not to Not Not Care About Being Liked By Everyone (Seneca - Letter #52; Epic...
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Nov 1, 202224:58pending
When Life Gives You Insomnia, Bake a Cake and Rejoice in Yisurin (Aurelius - Med...
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Oct 26, 202227:33pending
Some Stoic Strategies for Being Late (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1,4,17; Aurelius -...
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Oct 24, 202215:42pending
The Short Prayers of Marcus Aurelius and the Kohen Gadol (Aurelius - Meditations...
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Oct 6, 202219:22pending
Stoicism vs. Judaism on Motives for Righteousness (Aurelius - Meditations 5:6)
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Sep 12, 202215:28pending
How to Grapple with Your Own Intellectual Inferiority (Aurelius - Meditations 5:...
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Sep 7, 202218:32pending
May We Have an Elul Filled with Suffering and a Painful New Year (Epictetus – Di...
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Sep 5, 202213:01pending
How Stoic Invulnerability Works (Aurelius – Meditations 10:33, 4:8, 5:20)
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Aug 15, 202221:48pending
Why I Can’t Take the “Stoic” Out of “The Stoic Jew Podcast”
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Aug 12, 202214:57pending
Don’t Cry Over Spilled Almond Extract (Epictetus – Discourses 1:6)
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Aug 10, 202211:58pending
My 48-Hour Fast, Marta bas Baisos, and the Boon of Halacha (Seneca – Letter #18;...
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Aug 9, 202227:39pending
Do You Have People in Your Life Who Try to Convince You You're Unhappy? (Seneca...
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Jul 27, 202216:56pending
Post-Insomnia Stoic Jew Self-Talk (Aurelius - Meditations 6:31)
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Jul 25, 202222:18pending
When the IRS Acts as an Agent of God (Epictetus - Enchiridion 11)
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Jul 20, 202213:25pending
EFT: The Future of Thinking About the Future (Seneca - Letter #91; Aurelius 9:30...
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Jul 18, 202218:20pending
Why Do You Value Stoicism as a Jew? (Epictetus – Enchiridion 8,5,1; Seneca – Let...
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Jul 15, 202220:55pending
How to Win the Lead Role in E.T. and Achieve Human Perfection (Epictetus – Disco...
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Jul 13, 202213:51pending
365 Days of Gratitude (Aurelius - Meditations 5:16)
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Jul 11, 202214:15pending
The Intellectual Humility of Rabbi Moskowitz and Marcus Aurelius (Aurelius – Med...
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Jun 22, 20229:40pending
My Eulogy for Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l
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May 30, 20228:49pending
Applying Epictetus to My Insomnia (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
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May 27, 202216:22pending
"Are you sure it was a rat?" (Seneca - Letter #71: On the Supreme Good)
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May 25, 202216:47pending
What Won't Last (Aurelius - Meditations 5:23)
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May 23, 202212:59pending
Habit Tracking and Sefiras ha'Omer (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
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May 18, 202213:44pending
How to Learn Ethics Without Vomiting (Epictetus - Discourses 3:21; 2:9)
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May 16, 202216:17pending
A Stoic Jew Mother's Day Episode, Dedicated to Mommy and Popo (Seneca - Consolat...
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May 8, 202211:42pending
How I Met Epictetus (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1)
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May 6, 202214:00pending
TSJ Interlude: 300 Days of Gratitude
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May 4, 202212:17pending
Stoic Anxiety vs. Torah Anxiety (Epictetus – Enchiridion 50)
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May 2, 202218:35pending
Stoic Musings Upon Visiting Bruce Lee's Grave on R' Soloveitchik's Yahrtzeit (Au...
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Apr 20, 202221:52pending
Pesach, Epictetus, and Man's Search for Meaning
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Apr 14, 202218:20pending
Some Thoughts on Will Smith's Angry Reaction (Epictetus - Enchiridion 20; Seneca...
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Mar 30, 202217:29pending
Why We Choose Evil (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
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Mar 28, 202213:41pending
Decorating Our Prison Cells (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3)
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Mar 21, 202212:51pending
Purim vs. Stoicism (Epictetus – Discourses 4:4; 2:6; Enchiridion 14)
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Mar 16, 202219:10pending
Letting Go of Your Rice, Tafasta Merubeh, and Rabban Yochanan ben Zakkai's Wisdo...
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Mar 10, 202214:42pending
XTREME Premeditatio Malorum, Vaynerchuk Style (Seneca - Letter #91: On the Lesso...
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Mar 9, 202211:24pending
Insight from a Misreading of Seneca (Seneca - Letter #13: On Groundless Fears)
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Mar 8, 202210:53pending
TSJ Interlude: Reflection on Five Consecutive Days of TSJ Episodes
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Mar 4, 202210:55pending
How to Avoid Results-Oriented Thinking (Epictetus – Enchiridion 1)
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Mar 3, 202210:18pending
“A few is enough for me; so is one; and so is none” (Seneca – Letter #7: On Crow...
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Mar 2, 202216:26pending
My February 2022 Experiments in the Art of Creating Time (Seneca - Letter #1: On...
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Mar 1, 202213:22pending
Marcus’s Material Mortality Meditation (Aurelius – Meditations 5:4)
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Feb 28, 202212:09pending
Is “Subjugation” to Stoicism a Bad Thing? (Epictetus – Discourses 4:4)
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Feb 22, 202215:05pending
225 Days of Gratitude (Aurelius - Meditations 9:6)
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Feb 18, 202221:39pending
Liza's Short, Good Life (Seneca - On the Shortness of Life)
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Feb 17, 202219:22pending
A Stoic Cure for Insomnia ... I Hope (Aurelius - Meditations 6:31)
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Feb 15, 202212:36pending