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Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 1: Questions on Iyov 1:1-5 (Plus Rant About Rambam's 13 Ikkarim)	Machshavah Lab	77:39
Lech Lecha: Shadal on Jewish vs. Egyptian Circumcision	Machshavah Lab	09:40
Avos 1:6 - Dan l'Chaf Zechus - Judge Each Person Favorably	Machshavah Lab	121:22
Noach: Did All Humanity Really Speak One Language?	Machshavah Lab	16:19
Q&A #45 - Desiring Olam ha'Ba, Blaming Sins on Hashem, and Should We Strive for the Crown of Torah	Machshavah Lab	40:21
Sukkos 5778: I Hate Sukkah (In a Good Way)	Machshavah Lab	15:53
Sukkos 5786: Musings on the “Branding” of Chag ha’Sukkos	Machshavah Lab	04:41
Haazinu: What If You Find Torah Empty?	Machshavah Lab	12:19
Yom ha’Kippurim 5786 / Acharei Mos: The Order of Vidui	Machshavah Lab	10:13
Approaching the “Sweet Secret” of Ha’Melech ha’Mishpat	Machshavah Lab	09:31
Intro to Iyov - Part 3: Historicity (or Lack Thereof)	Machshavah Lab	87:18
Vayeilech: When Hashem Hides His Face	Machshavah Lab	13:24
Intro to Iyov - Part 2: More on Authorship	Machshavah Lab	70:35
Avos 4:16 - Metaphors for Olam ha'Zeh and Olam ha'Ba	Machshavah Lab	103:59
Nitzavim: Was Moshe Rabbeinu Pro-Philosophy or Anti-Philosophy?	Machshavah Lab	09:15
Intro to Iyov - Part 1: Challenges, Pre-Learning Questions, and Authorship	Machshavah Lab	93:39
Avos 4:15 - Greetings, Lion Tails, and Fox Heads	Machshavah Lab	104:06
Ki Teitzei: Ibn Kaspi's Radical Rationale for Sending Away the Mother Bird	Machshavah Lab	09:23
Sforno on the Prosperity of the Wicked and Suffering of the Righteous (Avos 4:15)	Machshavah Lab	109:01
Re’eh: The Torah Temimah’s Counterintuitive Take on the Mitzvah to Live in Israel (and Rav Chaim Brisker’s Zionism)	Machshavah Lab	08:40
Eikev: Slowing the Conquest ... For Animals?	Machshavah Lab	07:59
Vaeschanan: The Loneliness of the Jew	Machshavah Lab	06:52
Tishah b'Av 5785: Kinnah #7 - How Can Hashem Not Remember?	Machshavah Lab	66:25
Tishah b’Av 5785: Metaphysical Trauma and the Aftermath of October 7th	Machshavah Lab	18:58
Masei: Leviim as Countercultural Role Models Against Cancel Culture	Machshavah Lab	09:40
Pinchas: Inheritance as a Non-Intuitive Mishpat	Machshavah Lab	07:25
Balak: How Bad Omens Can Harm You (Even According to the Rambam)	Machshavah Lab	10:00
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Integrity of the Masoretic Text (Q&A Response) Part 1	Machshavah Lab	12:32
Chukas: A Maimonidean Explanation for Parah Adumah (from a Different Moshe)	Machshavah Lab	15:31
Korach: Three Types of Machlokess (or “How Korach Wasn’t as Bad as You Think”)	Machshavah Lab	08:49
Shelach: Rabbeinu Bachya on the Meraglim, Mishlei, and the Current War With Iran	Machshavah Lab	08:10
The Potentially Problematic Line in Sheva Berachos (and What to Do About It)	Machshavah Lab	17:55
My Graduation Charge to the NEJA Class of 2025 (spoken from the heart, with speech tics)	Machshavah Lab	09:59
Behaalosecha: The Non-Symbolic Trumpets	Machshavah Lab	07:48
Translating the Word Ashrei	Machshavah Lab	61:53
Naso: Twelve Identical Offerings	Machshavah Lab	15:19
Q&A #44: Mishleic Fatalism, Life Decisions, Halakhic Man, Pirkei Avos, What Yeshiva Bochrim Miss	Machshavah Lab	48:11
Bamidbar: Dust, Sand, and Stars	Machshavah Lab	09:10
Bechukosai: Does Hashem Ever Truly Loathe Israel?	Machshavah Lab	09:55
Avos 4:14 - Exile Yourself to a Place of Torah	Machshavah Lab	105:13

Prologue of Sefer Iyov - Part 1: Questions on Iyov 1:1-5 (Plus Rant About Rambam's 13 Ikkarim)

Machshavah Lab

77:39

Lech Lecha: Shadal on Jewish vs. Egyptian Circumcision

Machshavah Lab

09:40

Avos 1:6 - Dan l'Chaf Zechus - Judge Each Person Favorably

Machshavah Lab

121:22

Noach: Did All Humanity Really Speak One Language?

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16:19