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Jun 17Liked by Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss

1. Very much appreciate SJP here with the noted as it really aids my listening comprehension to read along with the show note quotes (couldn't do that on Spotify as easily)

2. This made me think of Yonatan who ate honey without knowing about Shaul's neder (I Shmuel 14) and isn't there bee honey in Shimshon's story too? I wonder if this idea can be connected

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Jun 3Liked by Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss

I enjoyed reading the reading parts here and will for sure give a listen. Plenty of great sthings packed in here. I think Lee may have been drawing on Toeism and the Toe-Te- Ching. Thanks for your generosity on putting this together.

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Thank you for reading and commenting! I'd also guess that Bruce Lee was drawing on Taoism. However, he also majored in philosophy at University of Washington (back when he lived in my hometown of Seattle!) and I'm sure his reading of the Stoics also helped shape his ideas, even if not in this exact passage.

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Thanks so much! I didn't know that! Very enlightening!

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