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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

WITATM Round-up: May 2025

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

WITATM Round-up: April 2025

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

WITATM Round-up: March 2025

1350 Days of Gratitude, Rabbi Sacks on Pesach Storytelling, and Meditation as Foundation (Seneca - Letter #13)

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)

Purim Round-Up 5785

Tetzaveh: Philosophical Pants

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

How Thomas Paine Forgot Sinai

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?

WITATM Round-up: January 2025

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)

Ibn K*spi K*lled J*sus

Vayigash: Who Sent Yosef to Egypt? (Part 1: The Questions)

The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack Update: 66 Changes I'm Considering for January 2025