456 episodes
Machshavah Lab Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
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- Religion & Spirituality
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. There will be shiurim on Jewish philosophy, Chumash methodology, aggadic midrashim, maybe even some non-Jewish philosophy as well. Merriam-Webster defines "laboratory" as a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study. I call this podcast "Machshavah Lab" because this is where we will conduct Torah "experiments" by exploring questions, texts, and ideas in an effort to develop our machshavah in a "hands on," exploratory, firsthand manner.
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #05: Tishah b’Av - The Most Enjoyable Day of the Summer
Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!In honor of the second yahrzeit of my rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l, I will be reposting all the "Rabbi Moskowitz Memory” Facebook posts that I wrote during the week of his passing. I’m not going to edit any of them unless I find a typo. I want to preserve the spontaneous writing I did during that intense period of grieving.Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #05: Tishah b’Av - The Most Enjoyable Day of the SummerLength of article: 3 pagesLeng...
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #04: The Hike
Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!In honor of the second yahrzeit of my rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l, I will be reposting all the "Rabbi Moskowitz Memory” Facebook posts that I wrote during the week of his passing. I’m not going to edit any of them unless I find a typo. I want to preserve the spontaneous writing I did during that intense period of grieving.Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #04: The HikeLength of article: 4 pagesLength of audio: 6 minutes 50 secondsSynopsis:...
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #03: A Rebbi of Students He Never Met
Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!In honor of the second yahrzeit of my rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l, I will be reposting all the "Rabbi Moskowitz Memory” Facebook posts that I wrote during the week of his passing. I’m not going to edit any of them unless I find a typo. I want to preserve the spontaneous writing I did during that intense period of grieving.Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #03: A Rebbi of Students He Never MetLength of article: 3 pagesLength of audio: 7 min...
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #02: Burying My Rebbi Admit Tears and Suppressed Laughter
Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!In honor of the second yahrzeit of my rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l, I will be reposting all the "Rabbi Moskowitz Memory” Facebook posts that I wrote during the week of his passing. I’m not going to edit any of them unless I find a typo. I want to preserve the spontaneous writing I did during that intense period of grieving.Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #02: Burying My Rebbi Admit Tears and Suppressed LaughterLength of article: 4 pagesLe...
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Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #01: Random Learning Session with Ben and Me and 2011
Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!In honor of the second yahrzeit of my rebbi, Rabbi Morton Moskowitz zt"l, I will be reposting all the "Rabbi Moskowitz Memory” Facebook posts that I wrote during the week of his passing. I’m not going to edit any of them unless I find a typo. I want to preserve the spontaneous writing I did during that intense period of grieving.Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #01: Random Learning Session with Ben and Me and 2011Length of article: 2 pagesLength...
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Bechukosai: Rav Hirsch on the Eight Stages of Going Off the Derech
Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length: 55 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/31/24), in the SECOND of our Friday morning Machshavah Lab shiurim for women, we learned Rav Hirsch's elucidation of Chazal's outline of the eight regressive stages of abandoning Torah. I initially planned to give a third shiur this morning on a strange midrash on the phrase "I shall cast your corpses onto the corpses of your idols" (Vayikra 26:30), but we discovered that the midrash was conn...