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Did Rambam Actually Praise Ibn Ezra and Trash the French Jews (for Eating Salsa)?	Machshavah Lab	11:53
Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 4: Ikkarim Clarification and Iyov's Suffering (1:13 - 2:13)	Machshavah Lab	64:44
Toldos: How Different Were Yaakov and Eisav?	Machshavah Lab	17:05
Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 3: Methodology, Avoiding Heresy, and Preface to the Satan (1:6-12)	Machshavah Lab	87:58
Avos 1:6 - Aseh Lecha Rav - Make a Rav for Yourself (Part 2)	Machshavah Lab	94:37
Chayei Sarah: Sarah’s Years — A Peshat-Style Alternative to Rashi’s Midrashic Reading	Machshavah Lab	10:04
Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 2: Iyov's Profile (Iyov 1:1-5)	Machshavah Lab	64:43
Vayeira: Maybe Lote Wasn’t the Bad Guy Rashi Makes Him Out to Be	Machshavah Lab	16:15
Avos 1:6 - Aseh Lecha Rav - Make a Teacher for Yourself (Part 1)	Machshavah Lab	89:58
Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 1: Questions on Iyov 1:1-5 (Plus Rant About Rambam's 13 Ikkarim)	Machshavah Lab	77:41
Lech Lecha: Shadal on Jewish vs. Egyptian Circumcision	Machshavah Lab	09:42
Avos 1:6 - Dan l'Chaf Zechus - Judge Each Person Favorably	Machshavah Lab	121:23
Noach: Did All Humanity Really Speak One Language?	Machshavah Lab	16:20
Q&A #45 - Desiring Olam ha'Ba, Blaming Sins on Hashem, and Should We Strive for the Crown of Torah	Machshavah Lab	40:22
Sukkos 5778: I Hate Sukkah (In a Good Way)	Machshavah Lab	15:55
Sukkos 5786: Musings on the “Branding” of Chag ha’Sukkos	Machshavah Lab	04:43
Haazinu: What If You Find Torah Empty?	Machshavah Lab	12:21
Yom ha’Kippurim 5786 / Acharei Mos: The Order of Vidui	Machshavah Lab	10:14
Approaching the “Sweet Secret” of Ha’Melech ha’Mishpat	Machshavah Lab	09:33
Intro to Iyov - Part 3: Historicity (or Lack Thereof)	Machshavah Lab	87:19
Vayeilech: When Hashem Hides His Face	Machshavah Lab	13:26
Intro to Iyov - Part 2: More on Authorship	Machshavah Lab	70:37
Avos 4:16 - Metaphors for Olam ha'Zeh and Olam ha'Ba	Machshavah Lab	104:01
Nitzavim: Was Moshe Rabbeinu Pro-Philosophy or Anti-Philosophy?	Machshavah Lab	09:17
Intro to Iyov - Part 1: Challenges, Pre-Learning Questions, and Authorship	Machshavah Lab	93:41
Avos 4:15 - Greetings, Lion Tails, and Fox Heads	Machshavah Lab	104:08
Ki Teitzei: Ibn Kaspi's Radical Rationale for Sending Away the Mother Bird	Machshavah Lab	09:25
Sforno on the Prosperity of the Wicked and Suffering of the Righteous (Avos 4:15)	Machshavah Lab	109:03
Re’eh: The Torah Temimah’s Counterintuitive Take on the Mitzvah to Live in Israel (and Rav Chaim Brisker’s Zionism)	Machshavah Lab	08:41
Eikev: Slowing the Conquest ... For Animals?	Machshavah Lab	08:01
Vaeschanan: The Loneliness of the Jew	Machshavah Lab	06:54
Tishah b'Av 5785: Kinnah #7 - How Can Hashem Not Remember?	Machshavah Lab	66:26
Tishah b’Av 5785: Metaphysical Trauma and the Aftermath of October 7th	Machshavah Lab	19:00
Masei: Leviim as Countercultural Role Models Against Cancel Culture	Machshavah Lab	09:41
Pinchas: Inheritance as a Non-Intuitive Mishpat	Machshavah Lab	07:26
Balak: How Bad Omens Can Harm You (Even According to the Rambam)	Machshavah Lab	10:01
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Integrity of the Masoretic Text (Q&A Response) Part 1	Machshavah Lab	12:34
Chukas: A Maimonidean Explanation for Parah Adumah (from a Different Moshe)	Machshavah Lab	15:32
Korach: Three Types of Machlokess (or “How Korach Wasn’t as Bad as You Think”)	Machshavah Lab	08:51
Shelach: Rabbeinu Bachya on the Meraglim, Mishlei, and the Current War With Iran	Machshavah Lab	08:12

Did Rambam Actually Praise Ibn Ezra and Trash the French Jews (for Eating Salsa)?

Machshavah Lab

11:53

Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 4: Ikkarim Clarification and Iyov's Suffering (1:13 - 2:13)

Machshavah Lab

64:44

Toldos: How Different Were Yaakov and Eisav?

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17:05

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

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87:58