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Machshavah Lab

Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss

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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7:22

Re'eh: MEAT IS MURDER!!!

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2024/08/30

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of article: 2 pagesLength of audio: 6 minutes 14 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I originally wrote on 8/14/15, which I edited and republished on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 8/30/24, titled: Re'eh: MEAT IS MURDER!!! P.E.T.A. (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) equates slaughtering animals for food with murder. Does Judaism agree? The answer may surprise you! -----The Torah conten...

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9:52

Eikev: When to Disregard Tznius (Modesty) and Act...

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2024/08/23

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of article: 2 pagesLength of audio: 8 minutes 44 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 8/23/24 titled: Eikev: When to Disregard Tznius (Modesty) and Act Like an Animal. Yes, this is an article about a case in which Chazal permit us to totally disregard the laws of tznius and explicitly encourage us to behave like animals ... but probably not in the way y...

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11:04

Vaeschanan: Ayn Rand, Art, and Avodah Zarah

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2024/08/16

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of article: 3 pagesLength of audio: 10 minutes 11 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 3-page article I originally wrote on 8/4/14, which I edited and republished on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 8/14/24 entitled: Vaeschanan: Ayn Rand, Art, and Avodah Zarah. Like her or hate her, Ayn Rand's definition of art sheds light on why the Torah prohibits the making of representative statues even for aesthetic purposes.-...

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Kinnah #20: Incline Your Ear and Hear (Tishah b'Av 5784)

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2024/08/13

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length: 1 hour 16 minutesSynopsis: This morning (8/13/24), I gave my annual kinnos shiur at Shevet Achim (a.k.a. The Island Synagogue), and for the first time ever, I recorded it! I chose this kinnah because it presents itself as being related to tefilah, which has been the focus of my learning all summer. But even a surface-level examination of the text indicates that something strange is going on here. And, as you'll hear, this kinna...

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8:57

Tishah b’Av 5784: Does Hashem Still Listen to Our...

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2024/08/13

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of article: 2 pagesLength of audio: 8 minutes 4 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 8/12/24 entitled: Tishah b’Av 5784: Does Hashem Still Listen to Our Prayers? One would assume the answer is "yes," but a midrash about the destruction of Mikdash indicates otherwise. What does this midrash teach us about the loss of Mikdash and our tefilah nowadays?----...

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Haftaras Devarim: Will Hashem Hate Our Tishah b’Av?

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2024/08/09

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of article: 3 pagesLength of audio: 12 minutes 35 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 3-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 8/9/24 entitled: Haftaras Devarim: Will Hashem Hate Our Tishah b’Av? Some years I write a Tishah b'Av article and feel like I'm not adding anything - just showcasing the words of the prophets. Maybe that's a good thing. This is one of those articles.-----The Torah Con...

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18:13

Four Insights from a Jewish Renewal Rabbi

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2024/08/02

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 5 pagesLength of the audio: 17 minutes 25 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 5-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 8/1/24 entitled: Four Insights from a Jewish Renewal Rabbi. I can't say I've ever written an article prompted by someone from a non-Orthodox Jewish movement, but once I heard this podcast, I had to share my thoughts. -----The Torah Content for the remainder of...

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Pinchas: The Korban Tamid as ... God's Food?

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2024/07/26

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 2 pagesLength of the audio: 8 minutes 22 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 7/26/24 entitled: Pinchas: The Korban Tamid as ... God's Food? How would you respond to the claim that korbanos are "God's food"? How would you account for the similarities between our korban tamid and idolatrous parallels? We look to the tamid for answers.----...

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7:20

Vaeira: Do You Believe in Magic?

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2024/07/19

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 2 pagesLength of the audio: 6 minutes 31 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I originally published on my old blog on 12/27/13, which I edited and republished on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 7/19/24 entitled: Vaeira: Do You Believe in Magic? Is magic real? There are three views among the Rishonim. This used to be an open question. But if these Rishonim were alive today, they'd al...

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9:33

Balak: Blaming Sins on “Sin City”

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2024/07/19

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 2 pagesLength of the audio: 8 minutes 45 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 7/19/24 entitled: Balak: Blaming Sins on “Sin City.” When it comes to nature vs. nurture, we think of "nurture" in reference to people and one's surroundings. But what role is played by a person's name or place? Can a bad name cause a person to sin?-----The Tor...

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Chukas: How the Deaths of Tzadikim Atone

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2024/07/12

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 2 pagesLength of the audio: 8 minutes 3 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 7/12/24 entitled: Chukas: How the Deaths of Tzadikim Atone. I was going to call this article, "How Miriam and Aharon Died for Our Sins," but I opted for the more generic NON-Jesusy title.-----The Torah content for the first half of July has been sponsored by Rac...

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Korach: The Sexual Allegations Against Moshe Rabbeinu

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2024/07/05

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 2 pagesLength of the audio: 8 minutes 1 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 7/5/24 entitled: Korach: The Sexual Allegations Against Moshe Rabbeinu. Did you know that Korach led a nationwide smear campaign against Moshe by accusing him of sexual impropriety? I wasn't until this year. This article is an analysis of that midrash.-----The T...

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16:22

Shelach: Shadal’s Radical Take on the Forty Years in...

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2024/06/28

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 4 pagesLength of the audio: 15 minutes 31 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 4-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 6/28/24 entitled: Shelach: Shadal’s Radical Take on the Forty Years in the Wilderness. What if I told you that Israel were not condemned to wander in the Wilderness for 40 years as a punishment for the Sin of the Spies? That's what Shadal holds! Here's my atte...

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Shelach: Challah as a Consequence of the Cheit...

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2024/06/27

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 1 pageLength of the audio: 4 minutesSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 1-page article I originally published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 6/24/22, which I've edited and republished on 6/27/24, entitled: Shelach: Challah as a Consequence of the Cheit ha'Meraglim. Why does the Torah introduce the mitzvah of separating challah after the account of the Sin of the Spies? What does one have to do with t...

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Q&A #40: Working Hours, Freud-Ego, Waving Leviim,...

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2024/06/21

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length: 52 minutesSynopsis: This morning (6/21/24) we had a surprise Q&A as our last shiur in yeshiva of the 2023-2024 year! We took up seven questions: (1) How do we reconcile/account for the differences in the average working hours today vs. in the time of Chazal and the Rishonim, insofar as our learning is concerned? (2) What is meant by the term "ego"? (3) What's up with the waving of the Leviim in Behaalosecha? (4) What benefi...

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Behaalosecha: Moshe’s Short[ened] Tefilah

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2024/06/21

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 2 pagesLength of the audio: 7 minutes 41 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 6/21/24, entitled: Behaalosecha: Moshe’s Short[ened] Tefilah. Why was Moshe's tefilah for Miriam so short? Was this his intent or was he forced to shorten it? Either way, what implications does this have for our tefilah?-----The Torah content for this wee...

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Behaalosecha: Insights from the Shortest Tefilah Ever

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2024/06/20

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length: 1 hour 17 minutesSynopsis: This evening (6/19/24), in our last Wednesday night Tehilim/Tefilah shiur of the year, we took up a tefilah-related topic in the parashah: Moshe's short tefilah for Miriam. We raised a bunch of questions, and then set out to gain as many insights as we could. There was so much to cover that we went over time and didn't even finish!----------מקורות:במדבר יב:יגתרגום אונקלוספרשגןרבינו בחייהרכסים לבקעהרמב...

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15:56

Emulating Darwin: A Jewish Approach to Seeking God

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2024/06/18

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 4 pagesLength of the audio: 15 minutes 3 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 4-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 6/18/24, entitled: Emulating Darwin: A Jewish Approach to Seeking God. I recently read some Darwin for the first time and was so impressed by the character reflected in his writing that I was moved to write this article.-----The Torah content for this week has ...

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Naso: Shivim Panim la'Torah in Context

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2024/06/14

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 2 pagesLength of the audio: 5 minutes 8 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 2-page article I originally wrote on 6/20/13 which I edited and published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 6/14/24, entitled: Naso: Shivim Panim la'Torah in Context. The idiom "Shivim Panim la'Torah" is well-known but its origin is not. An analysis of its source in context sheds light on its usage by the Rishonim.-----Th...

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22:12

Shavuos is NOT About the Giving of the Torah

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2024/06/11

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length of the article: 7 pagesLength of the audio: 21 minutes 19 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 7-page article I published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 6/11/24, entitled: Shavuos is NOT About the Giving of the Torah. This article, originally published on 5/30/17, is one of the few I've written about Shavuos. It deals with a basic question: What is the theme of the holiday? -----The Torah content for this week...

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