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Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 3: Methodology, Avoiding Heresy, and Preface to the Satan (1:6-12)	Machshavah Lab	87:52
Avos 1:6 - Aseh Lecha Rav - Make a Rav for Yourself (Part 2)	Machshavah Lab	94:31
Chayei Sarah: Sarah’s Years — A Peshat-Style Alternative to Rashi’s Midrashic Reading	Machshavah Lab	09:58
Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 2: Iyov's Profile (Iyov 1:1-5)	Machshavah Lab	64:37
Vayeira: Maybe Lote Wasn’t the Bad Guy Rashi Makes Him Out to Be	Machshavah Lab	16:09
Avos 1:6 - Aseh Lecha Rav - Make a Teacher for Yourself (Part 1)	Machshavah Lab	89:52
Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 1: Questions on Iyov 1:1-5 (Plus Rant About Rambam's 13 Ikkarim)	Machshavah Lab	77:34
Lech Lecha: Shadal on Jewish vs. Egyptian Circumcision	Machshavah Lab	09:35
Avos 1:6 - Dan l'Chaf Zechus - Judge Each Person Favorably	Machshavah Lab	121:17
Noach: Did All Humanity Really Speak One Language?	Machshavah Lab	16:14
Q&A #45 - Desiring Olam ha'Ba, Blaming Sins on Hashem, and Should We Strive for the Crown of Torah	Machshavah Lab	40:16
Sukkos 5778: I Hate Sukkah (In a Good Way)	Machshavah Lab	15:48
Sukkos 5786: Musings on the “Branding” of Chag ha’Sukkos	Machshavah Lab	04:36
Haazinu: What If You Find Torah Empty?	Machshavah Lab	12:14
Yom ha’Kippurim 5786 / Acharei Mos: The Order of Vidui	Machshavah Lab	10:08
Approaching the “Sweet Secret” of Ha’Melech ha’Mishpat	Machshavah Lab	09:26
Intro to Iyov - Part 3: Historicity (or Lack Thereof)	Machshavah Lab	87:13
Vayeilech: When Hashem Hides His Face	Machshavah Lab	13:19
Intro to Iyov - Part 2: More on Authorship	Machshavah Lab	70:30
Avos 4:16 - Metaphors for Olam ha'Zeh and Olam ha'Ba	Machshavah Lab	103:55
Nitzavim: Was Moshe Rabbeinu Pro-Philosophy or Anti-Philosophy?	Machshavah Lab	09:10
Intro to Iyov - Part 1: Challenges, Pre-Learning Questions, and Authorship	Machshavah Lab	93:34
Avos 4:15 - Greetings, Lion Tails, and Fox Heads	Machshavah Lab	104:01
Ki Teitzei: Ibn Kaspi's Radical Rationale for Sending Away the Mother Bird	Machshavah Lab	09:18
Sforno on the Prosperity of the Wicked and Suffering of the Righteous (Avos 4:15)	Machshavah Lab	108:57
Re’eh: The Torah Temimah’s Counterintuitive Take on the Mitzvah to Live in Israel (and Rav Chaim Brisker’s Zionism)	Machshavah Lab	08:35
Eikev: Slowing the Conquest ... For Animals?	Machshavah Lab	07:55
Vaeschanan: The Loneliness of the Jew	Machshavah Lab	06:47
Tishah b'Av 5785: Kinnah #7 - How Can Hashem Not Remember?	Machshavah Lab	66:20
Tishah b’Av 5785: Metaphysical Trauma and the Aftermath of October 7th	Machshavah Lab	18:54
Masei: Leviim as Countercultural Role Models Against Cancel Culture	Machshavah Lab	09:35
Pinchas: Inheritance as a Non-Intuitive Mishpat	Machshavah Lab	07:20
Balak: How Bad Omens Can Harm You (Even According to the Rambam)	Machshavah Lab	09:55
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Integrity of the Masoretic Text (Q&A Response) Part 1	Machshavah Lab	12:27
Chukas: A Maimonidean Explanation for Parah Adumah (from a Different Moshe)	Machshavah Lab	15:26
Korach: Three Types of Machlokess (or “How Korach Wasn’t as Bad as You Think”)	Machshavah Lab	08:45
Shelach: Rabbeinu Bachya on the Meraglim, Mishlei, and the Current War With Iran	Machshavah Lab	08:06
The Potentially Problematic Line in Sheva Berachos (and What to Do About It)	Machshavah Lab	17:50
My Graduation Charge to the NEJA Class of 2025 (spoken from the heart, with speech tics)	Machshavah Lab	09:54
Behaalosecha: The Non-Symbolic Trumpets	Machshavah Lab	07:44

Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 3: Methodology, Avoiding Heresy, and Preface to the Satan (1:6-12)

Machshavah Lab

87:52

Avos 1:6 - Aseh Lecha Rav - Make a Rav for Yourself (Part 2)

Machshavah Lab

94:31

Chayei Sarah: Sarah’s Years — A Peshat-Style Alternative to Rashi’s Midrashic Reading

Machshavah Lab

09:58

Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 2: Iyov's Profile (Iyov 1:1-5)

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64:37