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Vaeira: An Explanation of Hashem Hardening Paroh’s Heart You May Not Have Heard
Many explanations have been offered for Hashem hardening Paroh’s heart, some more satisfying than others. Here is an approach I only recently…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Rhapsody on Rav Kook: First Impressions of a New Chapter in My Learning
I was recently introduced to Rav Kook through the new translation of his Guide for Today’s Perplexed. I have a feeling it will change the trajectory of…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Shemos: The “Second Chumash”?
No, this isn’t a reference to apocrypha. It’s a real book, and it’s the subject of the Netziv’s preface to Sefer Shemos. Read this, and you may never…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Cabin Retreat 2026 Book Recap
As per my custom, here is an overview (NOT a review!) of the books I read during my annual off-the-grid solo cabin retreat this year. Enjoy!
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
What I Thought About This Year: A ChatGPT-Assisted Reflection on My 2025 Writing
In this experimental end-of-year reflection, I enlist ChatGPT to analyze the 309 pieces I wrote this year, in an effort to better understand myself as a…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
What Rabbi Reuven Mann Meant to Me
I was shocked to return from my off-the-grid cabin retreat to the news of the unexpected death of my former rebbi. Please pardon the informal nature of…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Vayechi Round-up
In lieu of a new Vayechi article, here are three from past years. Enjoy!
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Asarah b'Teves Round-Up
I don't have a ton of Asarah b'Teves material to share, but since I'm at the cabin and won't be producing new material, here’s a round-up of what I can…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Vayigash: Hulk Yehuda Threatens to Kill Yosef for Wanting Binyamin as a Sex Slave?!
Despite my preference for peshat, this midrash is so wild and so against the peshat that I couldn't resist the urge to work on it. I may not have…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Chanukah 5786 / Q&A: Are We Obligated to Believe in the Miracle of Chanukah?
(Is this Chanukah article late or very early?) In addition to presenting my own view on the Chanukah miracles, this article aims to clarify aggadic…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Mikeitz: And Then They Got DRUNK
Why does the Torah mention that Yosef’s brothers got drunk? Here are four distinct approaches, each with its own methodological aim, and my take on…
 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
Ibn Kaspi on the Torah’s Relationship with Myth
I used to think the idea that the Torah enshrined and reclaimed Ancient Near Eastern myths was a modern notion. It turns out Ibn Kaspi pioneered this…
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The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack
The Rabbi Schneeweiss Substack
(Mostly) short-form articles offering original insights from (mostly) classical commentators, with an emphasis on Torah philosophy, Torah methodology, and Torah living.
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