Sitemap - 2015 - The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack
Shemos: Seventy Souls and Seventy Perspectives
Yom ha'Kippurim 5776: Fasting as "Literal" Self-sacrifice
Enjoy Yourself This Rosh ha'Shanah (an Aruch ha'Shulchan PSA)
Why I Like Teaching the Basics
Why was Sefer Yonah Included in Tanach? (Part 2 of 2)
Why was Sefer Yonah Included in Tanach? (Part 1 of 2)
Shofetim: Comparative Religion
"Is shomer negiah chayav misah?!" or "How to Determine the Severity of an Aveirah"
Parashas Re'eh: MEAT IS MURDER!!!
Playing with Torah (Updated for 2015)
Guilt, Halacha, and The Grapes of Wrath
Midrash Methodology: Clash of the Titans (Og vs. Moshe)
Mussar without "Should"s and "Shouldn't"s
Parashas Eikev: Protection from Beasts
Parashas Vaeschanan: Testing God
Parashas Vaeschanan: The Loneliness of the Jew
Mishlei 24:27 - Short-term Long-term Planning
Tishah b'Av 5775: Kinnah #17 - Woe Unto Us!
Parashas Devarim: Abominable Judgment
Mishlei 13:1 - Listening to Authority
Pink Hair, the Derech ha'Yachid, and Compulsory Piety
Devarim: Defining Chochmah, Binah, and Daas
Rashi on Chumash: Pshat or Not?
Mattos: Seduced by Particulars
Haftarah of Masei: Becoming Hevel
Haftaras Parashas Pinchas: How Eliyahu ha’Navi Lost His Job
Angelic Advocates and Accusers
Mishlei 13:15 - The Social Repercussions of One's Relationship with Knowledge
Parashas Pinchas: Torah Zealotry
The Role of Regret in Teshuvah
Parashas Balak: Curses/Crisis Averted
The Perfect Piña Colada (Doesn't Exist)
Don't Believe in Yourself (Avos 2:4)
Rational Conviction in "Far-fetched" Prophecies
Parashas Chukas: The Reason for Parah Adumah
Adler: On Animal Speech and Animal Intelligence
Mishlei 18:23 - The Supplications of the Poor and the Brazenness of the Rich
Do Babies Have Souls? (Ibn Ezra)
Some Musings on Achdus (Jewish Unity)
Mishlei 21:8 - The Purity of Actions
On Aging: With (and Without) Torah
Parashas Shelach: Shabbos, Avodah Zarah, and Skilah