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Bereishis: (How) Did Hashem Speak to Kayin?
Vayeira: Vox Intellectus Vox Dei (The Voice of the Intellect is the Voice of God)
Lech Lecha: Avraham Avinu – a Vial of Perfume in a Cemetery
Mishleic Thoughts on the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Noach: Why Was Noach’s Family Saved?
This is Your Mind on Lulav: The Psychoactive Properties of the Four Species (Part 2) - Ralbag
This is Your Mind on Lulav: The Psychoactive Properties of the Four Species (Part 1)
Yom ha'Kippurim Round-up: 5775 - 5785
Nitzavim / Vayeilech: Teshuvah as a Ledge
Ki Tavo: How We Know It’s a Mitzvah to Have Good Middos (and Why We Should Care)
Ki Teitzei: Should We Be Polite to ChatGPT?
Shofetim: Three Philosophies of Bal Tashchis (Wasteful Destruction)
Eikev: When to Disregard Tznius (Modesty) and Act Like an Animal
Vaeschanan: Ayn Rand, Art, and Avodah Zarah
Tenth of Av 5784: Why I Took Down My "Why I Love Tishah b'Av" Post
Tishah b’Av 5784: Does Hashem Still Listen to Our Prayers?
Haftaras Devarim: Will Hashem Hate Our Tishah b’Av?
Four Insights from a Jewish Renewal Rabbi
Mattos / Masei Round-up (2013-2022)
Pinchas: The Korban Tamid as … God’s Food?
“Should I Follow the News?” Part 2: My Thoughts on Thoreau’s Arguments
Vaeira: Do You Believe in Magic?
Balak: Blaming Sins on “Sin City”
Three Years of Gratitude, Even for Insomnia!
Ralbag: On Attempted Assassinations of National Leaders
Chukas: How the Deaths of Tzadikim Atone
Korach: The Sexual Allegations Against Moshe Rabbeinu
“Should I Follow the News?” Part 1: Thoreau
Three-Question Poll on "What I'm Thinking About This Morning"
Shelach: Shadal’s Radical Take on the Forty Years in the Wilderness
Shelach: Challah as a Consequence of the Cheit ha'Meraglim
Behaalosecha: Moshe’s Short[ened] Tefilah
Emulating Darwin: A Jewish Approach to Seeking God
Naso: Shivim Panim la'Torah in Context
Shavuos is NOT About the Giving of the Torah
Bamidbar: The Canaanites Weren’t Supposed to Die (UNEDITED VERSION)
Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #7: Immortality in This World
Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #6: His True Memorial
Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #05b: Addendum - Fat Guys in the Woods
Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #05: Tishah b’Av — The Most Enjoyable Day of the Summer
Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #04: The Hike
Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #03: A Rebbi of Students He Never Met
Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #02: Burying My Rebbi Admit Tears and Suppressed Laughter
Rabbi Moskowitz Memory #01: Random Learning Session with Ben and Me and 2011
Be Bees, My Friend (Seneca - Letter #84: On Gathering Ideas)
Behar: The Torah’s Double Standard for Slave Labor (Part 4: Approach #3)
Behar: The Torah’s Double Standard for Slave Labor (Part 3: Approach #2)
Behar: The Torah’s Double Standard for Slave Labor (Part 2: Approach #1)
Behar: The Torah’s Double Standard for Slave Labor (Part 1: Questions)
Emor / Kedoshim: Should Kids Be Taken to Magic Shows? (COMPLETE version)
The Intergalactic Lubavitcher Zionism of the Rav (Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik)
Acharei Mos / Kedoshim: How Ancient Israelites Viewed Incest (and Why It Matters)
Bees, Epictetus, Tehilim 118, Israel's War, and Yom haShoah
1000 Days of Gratitude (Haggadah)
Haftaras Tazria: Charging Money for Miracles
Shemini: DUI (Davening Under the Influence)
Tzav: Heavenly Fire and Hidden Miracles
Purim 5784: Breaking News About Achashveirosh (and Possibly Haman)!
The Ambiguous Vibe of Taanis Esther
A Theory Connecting Purim to Yom ha’Kipurim Which is NOT Based on Specious Linguistics
Vayakhel/Pikudei: Tedious by Design
Four Pillars of Classroom Management (2012 Edition)
Ki Tisa – “Please Erase Me From Your Book”
Urim v'Tumim Addendum: Follow-Up Questions and Masoretic Cover-Up
Tetzaveh: Urim v’Tumim – the Emergency (Outdated?) Divine Telegraph System
Terumah: Badei ha’Aron (The Staves of the Ark)
Mishpatim: Which Gerim Shouldn’t We Oppress?
Two Truths and a Bunch of Lies: Insights into Biblical Archaeology from a Conspiracy Theorist
Yisro: Rambam – On Miracles as a Foundation of Belief
My Eulogy for Rabbi Daniel Rosenthal: the Johnny Appleseed of Torah
Bo: Eizov – The Humble Herb that Ended Egypt
Rambam: On Beating Tetris (and Rabbi Moskowitz: On Playing Tiddlywinks)
Rabbi Moskowitz on Shalom Bayis and Toilet Paper
The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack Update: Three Changes for January 2024