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How to (start getting to) Know God

A post regarding the upcoming podcast episode with Rabbi Shnayor Burton

Oct 24, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Prayer

What an October 7th Victim's Mother Teaches Us About Prayer - 9/9 The Conclusion

Conclusions and Takeaways

Oct 5, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

What Atheists and Secularists Get Wrong About Prayer

A Defense of Prayer Against Secularism and Atheism

Sep 28, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

A Critique of Segulahs, Witchcraft, and Preying on People's Trauma - Pt. 7/9

Critique of Approaches to Prayer 2 of 2

Sep 21, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

The Neo-Rationalist Assault on Prayer Pt. 6/9

Critique of Approaches to Prayer 1 of 2 - A Critique of Rabbi Dr. Raphael Zarum's Outlook

Sep 14, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Prayer is a Philosophically Sound Activity - Pt. 5/9

Theory of Prayer 2 of 2 (Why Pray at All)

Sep 7, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

King David Teaches Us How to Pray - Pt. 4/9

Theory of Prayer 1 of 2

Aug 31, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Is God a Genie? Pt. 3/9

Foundations Part 3 of 3

Aug 24, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Who Prayed Best in the Hebrew Bible? Pt. 2/9

Prayer Foundations 2 of 3

Aug 17, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

It's Time We Talked About Prayer Pt. 1/9

Prayer Foundations - 1 of 3

Aug 10, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Torah and Science

A Reflection on Brutality and Distance

Torah and Science Part 6 - The Conclusion

Mar 16, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Why Science Can NEVER Disprove God

Torah and Science Part 5

Mar 9, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Evolving from/with Apes in a 13.8-Billion-Year-Old Universe

Torah vs Science Part 4

Mar 2, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Would God Lie to Us?

Torah and Science Part 3

Feb 23, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Does God Unnecessarily Confuse Us?

Torah and Science - Part 2

Feb 16, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Science Makes Belief in a Classical God Difficult

Torah and Science Part 1

Feb 9, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Antinatalism

Have Some Faith in Humanity

Should You Have Children? Part 5

Jan 12, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Procreation Requires Faith - It's More than Making a Baby

Should You Have Children? Part 4

Jan 5, 2025 • Philosophical Jew

Should You Have Children? Part 3

How the Death Penalty and Procreation are Related in the Torah

Dec 25, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

What About Abortion? Creation vs Procreation in the Torah

Should you Have Children? Part 2

Dec 22, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Should you Have Children?

Anti-Natalism and having children. Part 1

Dec 15, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Is the Torah True?

Is the Torah True? - Part 4

Nov 24, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Is the Torah True? - Part 3

The Law - For the Jew or All?

Nov 17, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Is the Torah True? - Part 2

What is Torah? Story and Law

Nov 10, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Is the Torah True? - Part 1

Torah and Science - Its ok if they contradict

Nov 3, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Free Will

Do you have Free Will? - The Conclusion

Responses to modern Determinists (Sam Harris / Sapolsky / Dennet / O'Connor) and a Conclusion

Oct 20, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Do you have Free Will? (Part 4)

Contemporary Rabbinic Thinkers - Rabbis: Soloveitchik - Dessler - Chaim Eisen

Oct 13, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Do you have Free Will? (Part 3)

Crescas and the Ishbitza - The Lesser-Known Innovators

Oct 6, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Do you have Free Will? (Part 2)

The Classics - Rambam and Rashi

Sep 29, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

Do you have Free Will?

Part 1 - Setting the Stage

Sep 22, 2024 • Philosophical Jew

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