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Sukkos 5778: I Hate Sukkah (In a Good Way)	Machshavah Lab	15:49
Sukkos 5786: Musings on the “Branding” of Chag ha’Sukkos	Machshavah Lab	04:37
Haazinu: What If You Find Torah Empty?	Machshavah Lab	12:15
Yom ha’Kippurim 5786 / Acharei Mos: The Order of Vidui	Machshavah Lab	10:09
Approaching the “Sweet Secret” of Ha’Melech ha’Mishpat	Machshavah Lab	09:27
Intro to Iyov - Part 3: Historicity (or Lack Thereof)	Machshavah Lab	87:14
Vayeilech: When Hashem Hides His Face	Machshavah Lab	13:20
Intro to Iyov - Part 2: More on Authorship	Machshavah Lab	70:31
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	09:11
Intro to Iyov - Part 1: Challenges, Pre-Learning Questions, and Authorship	Machshavah Lab	93:35
Avos 4:15 - Greetings, Lion Tails, and Fox Heads	Machshavah Lab	104:02
Ki Teitzei: Ibn Kaspi's Radical Rationale for Sending Away the Mother Bird	Machshavah Lab	09:19
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	06:48
Tishah b'Av 5785: Kinnah #7 - How Can Hashem Not Remember?	Machshavah Lab	66:21
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	09:56
The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Integrity of the Masoretic Text (Q&A Response) Part 1	Machshavah Lab	12:28
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	17:51
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
Translating the Word Ashrei	Machshavah Lab	61:49
Naso: Twelve Identical Offerings	Machshavah Lab	15:14
Q&A #44: Mishleic Fatalism, Life Decisions, Halakhic Man, Pirkei Avos, What Yeshiva Bochrim Miss	Machshavah Lab	48:07
Bamidbar: Dust, Sand, and Stars	Machshavah Lab	09:06
Bechukosai: Does Hashem Ever Truly Loathe Israel?	Machshavah Lab	09:51
Avos 4:14 - Exile Yourself to a Place of Torah	Machshavah Lab	105:09
Lag ba’Omer PSA: The Falsehood of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s Yahrzeit	Machshavah Lab	06:46
Kedoshim: “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself” – Not the Greatest Principle in Torah	Machshavah Lab	09:32
Kedoshim: Ve'Ahavta l'Reiacha Kamocha Reexamined	Machshavah Lab	73:57
Avos 4:13 - When Mistakes in Learning are Considered Intentional	Machshavah Lab	91:06
Tazria/Metzora: How Niddah Protected Women	Machshavah Lab	09:30

Sukkos 5778: I Hate Sukkah (In a Good Way)

Machshavah Lab

15:49

Sukkos 5786: Musings on the “Branding” of Chag ha’Sukkos

Machshavah Lab

04:37

Haazinu: What If You Find Torah Empty?

Machshavah Lab

12:15

Yom ha’Kippurim 5786 / Acharei Mos: The Order of Vidui

Machshavah Lab

10:09