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Machshavah Lab
My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss. My goal as a Torah educator is not merely to teach my students my OWN hashkafah. Rather, my goal is to equip them with the foundations, the methodological training, and the tools which will enable them to arrive at their OWN understanding of Judaism and cultivate their OWN relationship with Hashem and His Torah. This podcast is devoted to the shiurim I give which are geared specifically towards that end. As such, the range of topics covered here will be diverse. There will be shiurim on Jewish philosophy, Chumash methodology, aggadic midrashim, maybe even some non-Jewish philosophy as well. Merriam-Webster defines "laboratory" as a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study. I call this podcast "Machshavah Lab" because this is where we will conduct Torah "experiments" by exploring questions, texts, and ideas in an effort to develop our machshavah in a "hands on," exploratory, firsthand manner.
Podcasting since 2020 • 521 episodes
Machshavah Lab
Latest Episodes
Q&A #43: Evil Chacham, Wiki-Wars, World of Midrash, Zohar, Mind vs. Emotions, Mishleic Schadenfreude
Length: 45 minutesSynopsis: This morning (4/24/25) we had Q&A! We discussed the following six questions: (1) If perfection of middos is a prerequisite to perfection of the intellect, how do we explain individuals like Achitophel and Doe...
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Season 20
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Episode 31
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Egypt Reflections as a Jew (by My Brother)
Length of article: 3 pageLength of audio: 8 minutes 40 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 3-page article I co-wrote and published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 4/...
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Season 20
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Episode 30
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Why WE Eat Matzah vs. Why THEY Ate Matzah
Length of article: 3 pageLength of audio: 10 minutes 5 secondsSynopsis: This is the audio version of the 3-page article I wrote and published on rabbischneeweiss.substack.com/ on 4/10/...
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Season 20
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Episode 29
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Adir Hu: Praiseworthy Paean or Sacrilegious Screed?
Length: 1 hour 43 minutesSynopsis: Last night (4/4/25), in our Thursday night women's shiur, we explored a question posed to me by two of my students (shout out to Moshe and Shmarya) about a song found at the end of most Haggadot: “Is there...
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Season 20
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Episode 28
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