Machshavah Lab

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This morning (5/20/22), in our "Machshavah Lab" series for women, I gave an experimental shiur about hashgachah. It would be great to give a shiur on how hashgachah pratis, reward and punishment, and Divine justice work. The problem is that these topics are WAY too broad and WAY too deep and WAY too beyond my knowledge level. However, there are many statements of Chazal which seem to presuppose that the average Jew WILL be able to frame the day to day events in their lives in the framework of the Torah's metaphysics. What, exactly, do Chazal expect us to do? Surely they don't expect everyone to ONLY apply these perspectives based on a full working knowledge of such lofty matters. This is the type of thinking that gave rise to this shiur. In particular, shiur focused on a single statement of Chazal about what to think when you stub (or scrape) your toe. The challenge was to explain how we're supposed to think about that statement, given our very limited knowledge of how God operates. Did we succeed? You'll be the judge of that!
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מקורות:
חולין דף ז עמוד ב
אוהלות א:ח
רמב"ם – מורה הנבוכים ג:כח
מאירי – בית הבחירה חולין דף ז עמוב ב
אבות ב:ז
מאירי – אבות א:יד
ספר החינוך – מעקה (מצוה תקמו)
מאירי - משלי י:ג
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ב:מח
תהלים פרק לז
רש"י שם
אבן עזרא שם
רד"ק שם
משלי כ:כד
רבינו יונה שם
מאירי שם
כתובות דף ל עמוד א-ב
ריטב"א שם ד"ה דין ד' מיתות לא בטלו
תוספות שם ד"ה דין ד' מיתות לא בטלו
מאירי – בית הבחירה בבא בתרא דף י עמוד ב
משלי ו:טז-יט
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This evening (5/18/22), in our aptly named "Chumash Exploration," we began continued learning the Abravanel's hidden miniature treatise (in Parashas Shelach) on kareis, in which he surveys all the views of his predecessors and expresses his objections to them, and then presents his own view. After reviewing opinions #1-3, we then learned opinions #4-6, along with the Abravanel's objections to them, plus our objections to his objections. All we have left is the seventh opinion: that of the Abravanel himself! That shall have to wait until next time.
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מקורות:
אברנבאל - במדבר טו:כז-לא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם יז:ז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:ה-ו
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This morning (5/13/22), in our "Machshavah Lab" series for women, we had an experimental shiur on the topic of "emunas chachamim." First we defined the quality of emunas chachamim based on R' Yitzchak Kanpanton's methodology sefer. We then compared and contrasted his approach to some of the ideas written about by Ralph Waldo Emerson in his speech, "The American Scholar." Judging by the discussion we had, this exercise resulted in some nice methodology insights, which is what I hoped would happen!
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מקורות:
אבות ו:ו
ר' יצחק קנפנטון - דרכי התלמוד סימן א
דברים לב:מז
ירושלמי פאה פ"א ה"א
Ralph Waldo Emerson, The American Scholar
http://digitalemerson.wsulibs.wsu.edu/exhibits/show/text/the-american-scholar
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This evening (5/11/22), in our aptly named "Chumash Exploration," we began learning the Abravanel's hidden miniature treatise (in Parashas Shelach) on kareis, in which he surveys all the views of his predecessors and expresses his objections to them, and then presents his own view. Tonight we made it through the first three views: (1) Saadia Gaon and Ibn Ezra, (2) Rashi, and (3) Tosafos. We have three more views to go before we get to the Abravanel's!
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מקורות:
אברנבאל - במדבר טו:כז-לא
רש"י - בראשית ט:ה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות סנהדרין והעונשין המסורין להם יט:א-ב
אבות ה:א
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This morning (5/8/22), in my last YBT Sunday Shiur of the season, I shared three "new" (to me) explanations for why the Torah commands us to count the omer. I found all three explanations in a commentary which is not widely learned, which is why I'm fairly confident that these ideas will be new to others as well. In addition to understanding these taamei ha'mitzvos on a theoretical level, we will also attempt to find ways to make the ideas real to our minds, so as to maximize their impact on our development.
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מקורות:
רש"י - דברים ו:ו; יא:יג
Boyd Varty, The Lion Tracker's Guide to Life
רמב"ן - דברים ו:כ
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר עבודה, הלכות מעילה ח:ח
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:כו, מג
ספירת העומר - נוסח אשכנז
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, חלוקת הספרים
ויקרא כג:ט-כב
דברים טז:ט-יב
ספר החינוך מצוה שו
ספר אבודרהם תפלות הפסח
ספר שבלי הלקט סדר עצרת סימן רלו
רמב"ן – שמות כ:ז
ר' שכטר – מפניני הרב (דף קב)
בכור שור – ויקרא כג:טז
שמות רבה – שמות כה:ב
רלב"ג – שמות ו:ו-ח (תועלות)
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות ראש השנה א:ב
תלמוד בבלי – ראש השנה דף טז עמוד א
מאירי – בית הבחירה ראשה השנה א:ב
בשמים ראש (סידור אוצר התפלות)
The Guardian, Fri 8 Apr 2022 08.40 EDT
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This morning (5/6/22), in our "Machshavah Lab" series for women, we went over three insights I recently had into birkas ha'zman (i.e. shehecheyanu). The first is a basic but beautiful pshat from the Kuzari. The second is an insight I had over Pesach into the unique role played by the shehecheyanu we say at the end of kiddush at the seder. The third is an answer given by the Rav to the question: Why don't we say shehecheyanu on sefiras ha'omer?
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מקורות:
ברכת שהחיינו
רמב"ם – משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות ברכות י:א-ז, יא-טו; יא:ט
כוזרי ג:יז (trans. Rabbi Daniel Korobkin)
הגדה של פסח - מגיד
ר"י בר יקר – פירוש על ההגדה של פסח
שיח הגרי"ד – (ב) בענין קידוש בליל הסדר, דף ט-יא
סברות במשנה תורה להרמב"ם (2011) – ברכת על אכילת מצה
רש"י - שמות יג:ח
רב שורקין - הררי קדם חלק ב סימן קו
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Length: 56 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (5/4/22), in our aptly named "Chumash Exploration," we continued our analysis of the Torah's initial presentation of the shalosh regalim to Klal Yisrael. After attempting to infer whatever we could on our own, we enlisted the Ibn Ezra, the Ralbag, and the Abravanel for guidance - and they delivered! Although we didn't explain EVERYTHING, we at least came up with a working theory about the foundational themes of the shalosh regalim. We ended off with a "homework question." If you have answers, I'd love to hear them! Next week we will most likely move on to a new topic.
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מקורות:
שמות כג:ח-יח ;כד:א-ג; לד:י-כו
אבן עזרא פירוש השני - שמות כג:יד
רלב"ג ביאור הפרשה - שמות כג:יז; כד:י-כט
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:מח
אברבנאל - שמות כג:יט
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Length: 58 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (4/27/22), in our aptly named "Chumash Exploration," we began a minor project within a major project. The major project is to understand the mitzvos related to Shavuos as presented by Torah she'bi'Chsav. We were going to start with Emor and Re'eh, where those mitzvos are stated, but we figured it would make sense to begin with the Torah's first presentation of the shalosh regalim, which occurs in Mishpatim and Ki Sisa. That is our minor project. Tonight we read through the pesukim, noted the similarities and differences, listed the mitzvos mentioned in each parashah, and took two initial steps in understanding what the shalosh regalim are based on these pesukim. Next time we hope to develop this into a full theory.
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מקורות:
שמות כג:ח-יח; לד:י-כו
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר הקרבנות, הלכות חגיגה, כותרת
רש"י - שמות לד:כ
תורה תמימה - שמות כג:יט
אבן עזרא פירוש השני - שמות כג:יד
רלב"ג ביאור הפרשה - שמות כג:יז
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Synopsis: This is the audio version of the 1-page article I wrote entitled, Etzba Elohim: The Finger of WHICH God? Most people assume that Egypt first acknowledged Hashem's involvement during the third plague, when Paroh's sorcerers said, "it is the finger of God!" But not everyone agrees. It all depends on who they were talking about when they said "God."
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Synopsis: This is the audio version of the 1-page article I wrote entitled, Tzfarde'a: The Plague that Lasted Forever , which examines two minority opinions on tzfarde'a - that of the Abravanel and the Sforno, both of whom learn that tzfarde'a involved crocodiles (not frogs) and that the effects of the plague were designed to last forever.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.com. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Patreon: patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss
YouTube Channel: youtube.com/rabbischneeweiss
Blog: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/
"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com
"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: rambambekius.buzzsprout.com
"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com
"The Tefilah Podcast": tefilah.buzzsprout.com
Guide to the Torah Content of Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss: kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2021/04/links-to-torah-content-of-rabbi-matt.html
Amazon Wishlist: amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Y72CSP86S24W?ref_=wl_sharel