The Tefilah Podcast

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This evening (4/19/23), in our Wednesday night shiur, we returned to Sefer Tehilim! Since I'm giving a few other shiurim on lashon ha'ra, I decided it would be apropos to learn "the lashon ha'ra perek." This enigmatic, Mishleic, difficult-to-translate chapter proved to be quite the challenge, but I think we've set up our questions pretty well, and I'm excited to see what ideas we can uncover next time (בג"ה)!
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מקורות:
תהלים פרק יב
ספורנו יב:א
תרגום כתובים יב:ה,ט
רש"י יב:ט
מצודת ציון יב:ט
מאירי יב:ט
ירמיהו ט:א-ח
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The Torah content from now through the end of the month of Nisan has been sponsored by Michal Zoldan, who reached out to me over Pesach to let me know that she listens to my podcasts. I’d like to thank Michal, along with everyone else who has let me know that my Torah content is appreciated. Thank you for reading, listening, and watching, and thank you even more for supporting what I do.
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If you missed the crash-course on "How to Learn Tehilim," here's the link: https://youtu.be/PhQUhGpRwS4

If you prefer a written "How to Learn Tehilim" guide, here's my article: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-to-learn-tehilim-psalms.html

Here's another article I wrote entitled "How TO and How NOT to Apply Tehilim to Your Life": https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2019/07/how-to-and-how-not-to-apply-tehilim-to.html

Lastly, here's an article I wrote specifically about saying Tehilim for the sick: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2017/08/parashas-shoftim-how-to-say-tehilim-for.html
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The Torah content from now through the end of the month of Nisan has been sponsored by Michal Zoldan, who reached out to me over Pesach to let me know that she listens to my podcasts. I’d like to thank Michal, along with everyone else who has let me know that my Torah content is appreciated. Thank you for reading, listening, and watching, and thank you even more for supporting what I do.
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.

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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Length: 1 hour 14 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (3/29/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, we "landed the plane" (as it were). The goal was to make this the last shiur in our current series on Shema Koleinu, no matter what. Because this was also our last shiur before Pesach, I decided to start and end with a Pesach-related point. We raised a question on the R' Yosi ha'Glili section of the Hagadah, in which the tannaim go out of their way to find allusions to extra miracles. We then reviewed what we covered last time, answered several more questions, and then learned the Malbim's beautiful interpretation of Tehilim 93:1, which we then used to refine our understanding of why we don't daven for miracles, and to answer our question on the hagadah. God willing, when we return after Pesach, we'll resume learning Tehilim.
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מקורות:
מעשה ה' - הגדה של פסח: מגיד, כמה מעלות טובות
מלבי"ם - תהלים צג:א
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The Torah content from now until Pesach has been sponsored by my friend and colleague, Rabbi Dr. Elie Feder, author of Gematria Refigured: A New Look At How The Torah Conveys Ideas Through Numbers. Stay up-to-date by joining the Gematria Refigured+ WhatsApp group, and subscribe to the Gematria Refigured+ Podcast.
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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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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Length: 1 hour 7 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (3/22/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, we began by reviewing the key insight from last time, which is about the "basic" level of davening and how Hashem responds. We then tackled the intimidating topic of "advanced tefilah" and how Hashem responds to THAT. We answered some questions, didn't answer others, and raised new ones. I know I said we'd do this tonight, but next week we'll REALLY try to wrap things up!
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:מח
אבות ב:ד
רש"י ותורה תמימה - בראשית כה:כא
שמות ח:ד-ה
יבמות דף סד עמוד א
שבת דף נג עמוד ב
ר"ן - דרשה ח
Rabbi Israel Chait, "Torah from Sinai"
https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/2018/06/parashas-behaalosecha-moshes-view-of.html
שמות לב:י
דברים לד:י-יב
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The Torah content for Rosh Chodesh Nisan has been sponsored by my friend and fellow Ralbag-enthusiast, Rabbi Dovid Campbell. Be sure to check out his website, NatureofTorah.com, and the article he published in the most recent edition of Hakirah entitled. Imitations and Semblances: How the Mitzvos Direct Our Exploration of Reality.
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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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Length: 1 hour 10 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (3/15/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, I began by announcing that I've decided to stop giving a tefilah shiur because I'm out of my depth, and that we're going to go back to Tehilim after Pesach. I thought the shiur would be a disaster, but instead, I feel like we got closer to the essence of what tefilah is and how it works than we've ever gotten. If you've listened to Parts 1-4 and the two-part Sefer ha'Ikkarim shiur, then you won't want to miss this - and if you haven't listened to those shiurim, then you're not going to follow this one, and will probably end up with false ideas about God. 
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מקורות:
רש"י - קהלת א:א
רש"י - משלי ל:א
אבודרהם - שמע קולנו
רד"ק - תהלים קמה:יח
רמב"ם סידור - שמע קולנו
נוסח התפילה - שמע קולנו + זכרונות
תיקון תפילה, עיון תפילה - שמע קולנו
ויקרא רבה יז:א
רמב"ן - בראשית יח:יט
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:מח,נד 
תרגום אונקלוס - דברים כו:ז
רש"י + מאירי - ברכות דף נה עמוד א
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The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.

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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Length: 1 hour 6 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (3/8/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, we might have bitten off more than we could chew. Our goal was to understand the opening phrase in Shema Koleinu. To do this, we analyzed Shemos 2:23-25 with Sforno's commentary AND the recently published alternative Sforno commentary on AlHaTorah. What made this ambitious is that we ALSO read Sforno's commentaries on nearly all the pesukim he cites - a task we attempted in a Chumash shiur I gave last year. This was a LOT of Sforno. Did we emerge with an understanding of the line from Shema Koleinu? ... Kind of. We definitely took a few steps, but there remains work to be done. We shall see what develops in the meantime.
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Related Rabbi Schneeweiss Content:
3/23/22: Why Did Hashem Redeem Us From Egypt? Sforno's Counterintuitive Take

מקורות:
נוסח התפילה
אבודרהם - עמידה
שמות ב:כג-כה; ג:ז,ט עם פירוש ספורנו ושיעורי ר' עובדיה ספורנו
בראשית א:כו-כז; יז:א,ז עם פירוש ספורנו ושיעורי ר' עובדיה ספורנו
דברים ד:ז עם פירוש ספורנו
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Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (3/1/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, we took another break from our analysis of Shema Koleinu to answer a question based on our understanding of tefilah that we've been developing: if the essence of tefilah is in the mental preparation, why do we actually need to daven? Why can't we just introspect? We gave not one, not two, but something like six to ten answers, depending on how you count! Additionally, we clarified a bunch of ideas about tefilah and about mitzvos in general.
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות, שורש הרביעי; עשה ה
Structure of Shaharit Diagram by Rabbi Moshe Drelich
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר אהבה, הלכות תפלה וברכת כהנים ה:ד
תהלים קלט
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The Torah content for the rest of Adar has been sponsored by my friend and chavrusa Zack, with the following dedicatory message: When asked, "Who is a leader you greatly admire?" my grandfather z”l immediately comes to mind. Each person who entered his presence was brought closer to a better version of themselves. This was due to his staunch belief in people and his uncompromising values. Knowledge is similar — it is indiscriminate and uncompromising in its power to help us become our best selves. Thank you Rabbi Schneeweiss for spreading knowledge, and may the memory of my grandfather, Naftali ben Tzvi, be a blessing.
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.

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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Length: 1 hour 9 minutes
Synopsis: At the beginning of this month we commenced our analysis of Shema Koleinu and set up a bunch of questions. We then spent the last two weeks leveling up our understanding of how tefilah works based on the Sefer ha'Ikkarim. This evening (2/22/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, we returned to Shema Koleinu, armed with our new understanding. After reviewing the berachah, our questions (to which we added a few), and what we learned over the past two weeks, we attempted to understand what it means to ask Hashem to listen to our tefilah. We came up with a solid approach, and then we began learning the Abudirham. I'm happy with where we are now, and I'm optimistic about the ideas to come (בג"ה)!
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מקורות:
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: הקדמה, סיום מנין המצוות
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים א:מה
אבודרהם - עמידה, שמע קולנו
דברים כו:א-יא
שמות ב:כג-כה
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.

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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This evening (2/15/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, I promised to address two revolutionary ideas. The first was a further development of the idea we learned from the Sefer ha'Ikkarim last time but didn't get a chance to refine. The second was an insight from a friend (Rabbi Trachtman, based on the Rambam) that radically changed the way I relate to tefilah. The two ideas are related. Although we raised many other questions that we didn't answer, I think we're now poised (or "prepared") to return to Shema Koleinu next week (בג"ה).
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מקורות:
ר' יוסף אלבו  - ספר העיקרים ד:יז-יח
שמות כב:כא-כב
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: עשה ח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות א:ה-ו
נוסח התפילה - עמידה
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The Torah content for this week has been sponsored by Sarah and Moshe Eisen, with the following message: "Dedicated in honor of Popo, who shined bright and brought joy to so many of us. And to Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss who shared her with us and continues to share thoughts, insights, and Torah."
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail.com. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.

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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This evening (2/8/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, I found myself in a bit of a quandary about how to proceed. On the one hand, we started a new topic last week and left off with a bunch of questions. On the other hand, I knew that some of our regulars wouldn't be here tonight. I decided to compromise by continuing with the same topic as last time BUT holding off on attempting to answer our questions until next time. Thankfully, I found two chapters in the Sefer ha'Ikkarim in which he explains how tefilah works. We learned through the first of those chapters tonight in which he takes up three topics: (1) Why daven to Hashem, of all beings? (2) What, exactly, is Hashem responding to in your tefilah? and (3) What is not proper to daven for?
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מקורות:
ר' יוסף אלבו  - ספר העיקרים ד:יז
רלב"ג - דברים לב:לט
Ari Bleicher, "Tefillat Shav: The Limits of Prayer as a Means to Understanding its Transformative Nature" https://hakirah.org/Vol%2012%20Bleicher.pdf
שולחן ערוך אורח חיים רל:א-ב
בכור שור שבת דף כא עמוד א
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The Torah content for this week has also been sponsored by Nava, in memory of Adira Koffsky z"l, who loved learning and philosophy and was a real seeker of truth.
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This evening (2/1/23), in our Wednesday night Tefilah shiur, we began a multi-part shiur which began with two questions submitted by my talmidim. We began by raising the questions, doing a quick but comprehensive review of what tefilah is and how it works, then using that review to answer SOME of the questions. We then delved into the text of Shema Koleinu, raising all the major and minor questions we could think of. Next time (בג"ה) we'll begin by attempting to answer the question, "What does it mean for Hashem to 'hear' 'accept' and 'answer' tefilah?" after which we will learn through Shema Koleinu to answer as many of our questions as we can.
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מקורות:
רשב"ם ורד"ק - בראשית מח:יא
אנקלוס ורש"י - דברים לב:לא
רמב"ן ורלב"ג - שמות כא:כב
סידור עבודת הלב (אוצר התפילות) הקדמה
נוסח התפילה - שמע קולנו
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