Sitemap - 2022 - The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack
An Etymological Drash from Rav Hirsch on Jewish vs. Pagan Priests
Chanukah 5783: The “Beloved” Mitzvah of Ner Chanukah
Vayeishev: Should this Rashi be Taught to Children?
Vayishlach: Can We Talk About Reuven’s Sin?
Reflection on Counting 52 Weeks of My Life (Seneca – On the Shortness of Life)
Vayeitzei: The Eyes of Leah in the Eyes of Three Schools of Commentary
Toldos: Does God Judge Our Prayers Based on Our Parents?
500 Days of Gratitude (Epictetus - Discourses 3:12, Aurelius - Meditations 5:20, 10:16)
Chayei Sarah: The Pshat of “Place Your Hand Under My Thigh”
To Die Like Ben Azzai in Pardes … Would it Be So Bad? (Aurelius – Meditations 12:36)
Vayeira: Don’t Deviate from the Minhag: XTREME Edition
B’Shem Hashem El Olam: Only God “Has Time” (Aurelius – Meditations 2:4)
Lech Lecha: Is Circumcision “Mutilation”?
You Can’t Be Present Yesterday (Aurelius - Meditations 2:14)
Beur Tefilah: Who is the “Aleinu” in Sim Shalom?
Noach: Shadal’s Radical Application of Dibrah Torah ki’Lshon Bnei Adam
When Life Gives You Insomnia, Bake a Cake and Rejoice in Yisurin (Aurelius - Meditations 5:20)
The Short Prayers of Marcus Aurelius and the Kohen Gadol (Aurelius - Meditations 5:7)
Yom ha’Kippurim 5783: Musings on Erev Yom ha’Kippurim Anxiety
Yom ha'Kippurim Round-up: 5775 - 5783
Stoicism vs. Judaism on Motives for Righteousness (Aurelius - Meditations 5:6)
How to Grapple with Your Own Intellectual Inferiority (Aurelius - Meditations 5:5)
May We Have an Elul Filled with Suffering and a Painful New Year (Epictetus – Discourses 3:23)
How Stoic Invulnerability Works (Aurelius – Meditations 10:33, 4:8, 5:20)
Tishah b'Av 5782: Kinnah #28 - Eich Enacheim? (How Can I Be Consoled?)
Why I Can’t Take the “Stoic” Out of “The Stoic Jew Podcast”
Don’t Cry Over Spilled Almond Extract (Epictetus – Discourses 1:6)
Is it Permissible to Enjoy Learning on Tishah b'Av?
Wishful Thinking and Prophetic Interpretation
Review of R' Shagar's book: "Faith Shattered and Restored: Judaism in the Postmodern Age"
Masei: How to Read the Travels of Bnei Yisrael
Why Talk About Other Religions?
Do You Have People in Your Life Who Try to Convince You You're Unhappy? (Seneca - Letter #13)
Sefer Mishlei’s Jargon-Filled Introduction (Mishlei 1:1-6)
Ralbag on the Speculative Nature of Taamei ha'Mitzvos
Post-Insomnia Stoic Jew Self-Talk (Aurelius - Meditations 6:31)
Abandonment by Hashem as a Catalyst for Teshuvah
Haftaras Parashas Pinchas: Goyishe Jews
My Rejected Kiruv Article on the Purpose of Life
When the IRS Acts as an Agent of God (Epictetus - Enchiridion 11)
“Hump Day,” Wednesday, and Yom Revii l’Shabbos
Minhag Mythbusters: Does a Husband Sing Eishes Chayil for His Wife?
The Role of Episodic Memory in the Three Weeks and Tishah b'Av
EFT: The Future of Thinking About the Future (Seneca - Letter #91; Aurelius 9:30; 12:24)
17th of Tammuz Reflections on Waikiki
The Pros and Cons of a Postmodernist Analysis of Halacha
Judaism and the Benefits of EFT (Episodic Future Thinking)
How to Win the Lead Role in E.T. and Achieve Human Perfection (Epictetus – Discourses 2:18)
EFT (Episodic Future Thinking) Training: A Summer 2022 Experiment
How Rambam Sees God in the Sunset
365 Days of Gratitude (Aurelius - Meditations 5:16)
State of the Blog: Summer 2022
Leo Tolstoy, Eishes Chayil, and Caring What Others Think
When Hashem Prefers Telling Lies Over Doing Miracles
The Intellectual Humility of Rabbi Moskowitz and Marcus Aurelius (Aurelius – Meditations 6:21)
On Reading the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah Like a Love Letter
An Example of My Idiosyncratic Brand of Spirituality
My Eulogy for Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l
Applying Epictetus to My Insomnia (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
"Are you sure it was a rat?" (Seneca - Letter #71: On the Supreme Good)
What Won't Last (Aurelius - Meditations 5:23)
Habit Tracking and Sefiras ha'Omer (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
How to Learn Ethics Without Vomiting (Epictetus - Discourses 3:21; 2:9)
A Stoic Jew Mother's Day Episode, Dedicated to Mommy and Popo (Seneca - Consolation of Helvia)
How I Met Epictetus (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1)
TSJ Interlude: 300 Days of Gratitude
Stoic Anxiety vs. Torah Anxiety (Epictetus – Enchiridion 50)
Etzba Elohim: The Finger of WHICH God?
Pesach, Epictetus, and Man's Search for Meaning
Tzfarde’a: The Plague That Lasted Forever
Avadim Hayinu: Even If We Are All Wise, Understanding, Elders, Those Who Know Torah
Chad Gadya: A New Song with an Ancient Theme
Some Thoughts on Will Smith's Angry Reaction (Epictetus - Enchiridion 20; Seneca - On Anger 2:1)
Why We Choose Evil (Epictetus - Discourses 2:18)
Decorating Our Prison Cells (Epictetus - Enchiridion 3)
Purim vs. Stoicism (Epictetus – Discourses 4:4; 2:6; Enchiridion 14)
Insight from a Misreading of Seneca (Seneca - Letter #13: On Groundless Fears)
TSJ Interlude: Reflection on Five Consecutive Days of TSJ Episodes
How to Avoid Results-Oriented Thinking (Epictetus – Enchiridion 1)
“A few is enough for me; so is one; and so is none” (Seneca – Letter #7: On Crowds)
Marcus’s Material Mortality Meditation (Aurelius – Meditations 5:4)
Is “Subjugation” to Stoicism a Bad Thing? (Epictetus – Discourses 4:4)
225 Days of Gratitude (Aurelius - Meditations 9:6)
Liza's Short, Good Life (Seneca - On the Shortness of Life)
A Stoic Cure for Insomnia ... I Hope (Aurelius - Meditations 6:31)
Seneca on Hashgachah Part 1 (On Providence 1:1)
Hashgachah Clarification from the Rosh ha’Yeshiva
Stoic Thoughts on My Winter Break 2022 - Part 1 (Seneca – On Tranquility of Mind 17:5)
Stoic Authenticity (Aurelius - Meditations 5:3)
The Waltz of Fate (Epictetus - Enchiridion 8; Aurelius - Meditations 5:20)
38th Birthday Reflections: On Self-Harm and Self-Actualization (Aurelius - Meditations 2.6)