Sitemap - 2015 - The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack

Shemos: Seventy Souls and Seventy Perspectives

Plans for Winter 2016

Yom ha'Kippurim 5776: Fasting as "Literal" Self-sacrifice

Yom ha'Din and Yom ha'Teruah

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!!!

Sun Tzu: On Long School Days

Playing with Torah (Updated for 2015)

Is Hashem "an Angry God"?

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

Mark Twain: On Olam ha'Ba

Tishah b'Av 5775: Kinnah #17 - Woe Unto Us!

The Execution of a Prophet

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

Pshat vs. Drash II

Pshat vs. Drash I

Midrashic Betrayal

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

ת"ח stands for _____

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

Punishing Children for their Fathers' Sins

Torah as Melachah (Craft)