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How to Reconcile the Biblical Account of Man’s Creation With Modern Anthropology
Korach: Three Types of Machlokess (or “How Korach Wasn’t as Bad as You Think”)
Shelach: Rabbeinu Bachya on the Meraglim, Mishlei, and the Current War With Iran
The Potentially Problematic Line in Sheva Berachos (and What to Do About It)
My Graduation Charge to the NEJA Class of 2025
Behaalosecha: The Non-Symbolic Trumpets
Naso: Twelve Identical Offerings
Bamidbar: Dust, Sand, and Stars
Round-Up of Reflections on My Rebbi, Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l
Bechukosai: Does Hashem Ever Truly Loathe Israel?
Emor / Shavuos: Mikdash, Moadim, and Tzedakah
Lag ba’Omer PSA: The Falsehood of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s Yahrzeit
Kedoshim: “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself” – Not the Greatest Principle in Torah
Tazria/Metzora: How Niddah Protected Women
Mortimer J. Adler's Mussar for Religious Educators
My Objections to Citrus Fruit on the Seder Plate (and Why Miriam’s Fish is Different)
Egypt Reflections as a Jew (by My Brother)
Why WE Eat Matzah vs. Why THEY Ate Matzah
Mit’chilah: Defining Avodah Zarah and Avodas Hashem
Pikudei Round-Up (including Vayakhel and Rosh Chodesh Nisan)
Shlomo ha'Melech on the Trump Administration's Group Chat Leak
Vayakhel: The Philosophy of the Issur Hotzaah (Prohibition of Carrying on Shabbos)
Ki Tisa: Shadal’s Anti-Rationalist Rational Explanation of Ayin ha’Ra (the Evil Eye)
A Response to Distorted Talmudic Citations About Sex
WITATM Round-up: February 2025
ADDENDUM to Mishpatim: Judaism’s Stance on (Extrajudicial) Witch Hunts
Mishpatim: Judaism’s Stance on (Extrajudicial) Witch Hunts
Yisro: Shadal’s Unfortunate Stance on Idolatry, Belief, and the Value of Knowledge
Beshalach: What Did the Splitting of the Sea Look Like?
Beshalach: Moshe’s Role in the Mahn Confusion and its Implications for Teachers
Bo: Ibn Kaspi – Were the Last Three Plagues Exaggerated?
Mishlei Methodology: Meiri - Nigleh and Nistar (Version 1.3)
Vaeira: Ibn Kaspi’s Paradigm-Shifting Insights on Moshe’s Dialogues with Hashem
Shemos: Two Views of Hishtadlus
Asarah b'Teves 5785: What If We Believed the Antisemites? (a Teshuvah Thought-Experiment)
Vayechi: How Never to Be Angry at Anyone or Hate Anyone (Part 1: Questions)
Vayigash: Who Sent Yosef to Egypt? (Part 1: The Questions)
The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack Update: 66 Changes I'm Considering for January 2025