Another Stoic Perspective on Shavuos (Aurelius - Meditations 2:3)

Synopsis: I didn’t intend to record TWO episodes about Shavuos, but in my efforts to answer a student’s question on a passage from Aurelius’s Meditations, we ended up going there. If you’ve ever wondered what the relationship is between the agricultural theme of Shavuos (“chag ha’katzir,” the harvest festival) and the historical theme (“zman matan Toraseinu,” the time of the giving of our Torah), perhaps Marcus Aurelius has an answer.

Sources:
- Aurelius, Meditations 2:3
- Albert Einstein quotation (source unknown)
- Yirmiyahu 9:22-23
- Talmud Bavli: Bava Kama 17a
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Stoic texts:
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Letters from a Stoic Master (Seneca)
The Discourses of Epictetus
The Enchiridion (Handbook) of Epictetus
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