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The Stoic Jew
My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss. I am, first and foremost, an Orthodox Jew. I am also a student of the Stoic masters: Epictetus, Seneca, and Marcus Aurelius. This podcast is dedicated to exploring the relationship between Judaism and Stoicism - where they overlap, where they differ, and how they complement each other. I also use this podcast to think out loud about how to apply the principles of Judaism and Stoicism to my own life, with all its ups and downs.
Podcasting since 2020 • 329 episodes
The Stoic Jew
Latest Episodes
My Oura Ring Was Stolen! ... But Only In My Mind (Epictetus - Discourses 2.18-30)
Length: 21 minutes 25 secondsSynopsis: There's nothing like a real-world example to showcase Stoic principles. This incident that happened to me a couple of weeks ago illustrates one of the core ideas in Epictetus's teachings: the use of "i...
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Season 16
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Episode 3
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Don't Be Shocked By Evil (Aurelius - Meditations 7:1)
Length: 14 minutes 6 secondsSynopsis: In an effort to jumpstart weekly TSJ episodes, I've decided to start from the beginning of Meditations Book 7 and work my way through. Chapter 1 is very reminiscent of Koheles ... or is it? You can be t...
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Season 16
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Episode 2
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14:06
The Car Repair Saga of Summer 2024 (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1:1)
Length: 14 minutes 9 secondsSynopsis: On July 19th, while I was in Seattle for the summer, my car - which I had been renting to a talmid - was rear-ended. What followed was a rollercoaster of bureaucratic insurance annoyances accompanied by...
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Season 16
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Episode 1
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14:09
The Stoic Jew Shiur #07: Existential Procrastination (Meditations 2:4)
Length: 59 minutesSynopsis: This evening (8/7/24), in our final Stoic Jew Shiur of this summer, we learned the fourth entry in Marcus Aurelius's journal. This, too, is a self-reminder to keep his principles at the forefront of his mind - bu...
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Season 15
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Episode 8
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59:06
The Stoic Jew Shiur #06: How Stoics and Jews React to the Deaths of the Wicked (Meditations 2.1)
Length: 1 hour 28 minutesSynopsis: This evening (7/31/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we deviated from our sequential learn-through of Meditations and took up a timely question: What do Stoicism and Judaism have to say about the doubl...
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Season 15
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Episode 7
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