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Length: 17 minutes 48 seconds
Synopsis: Yesterday I walked into a swarm of bees. In this episode, I reflect on that experience and follow my musings to the writings of Epictetus, to the bee reference in Tehilim 118, to musings about Israel's present war, and to yesterday's commemoration of the Holocaust.

Sources:
- Epictetus, Enchiridion (The Handbook) 1:5; Discourses 2:18
- Malbim on Tehilim 118:10-12
- Bamidbar 10:9
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Length: 21 minutes
Synopsis: And The Stoic Jew Podcast is BACK! Or is it? Well, it's back for at least this episode, in which I reflect on 1000 days of gratitude and muse on the relationship between my gratitude accountability practice and the mitzvah of recounting the Exodus from Egypt. Whether this marks the return of regular TSJ episodes is up to my listeners!

Related Episodes About Gratitude:
- 7/8/21: The Gratitude Accountability Experiment
- 10/15/21: 100 Days of Gratitude
- 11/29/21: TSJ Interlude: Post-Thanksgiving Musings
- 2/18/22: 225 Days of Gratitude
- 5/4/22: TSJ Interlude: 300 Days of Gratitude
- 7/11/22: 365 Days of Gratitude
- 11/23/22: 500 Days of Gratitude
- 5/7/23: Purim, Providence, and 600 Days of Gratitude
- 8/9/23: Two Years (Plus) of Gratitude

Sources:
- Aurelius, Meditations 7:7
- Devarim 26:3, Saadia Gaon, Ibn Ezra, Ibn Kaspi
- Haggadah shel Pesach
- Rambam: Sefer ha'Mitzvos, Aseh #157
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The Torah content from now through Pesach has been sponsored by the Koffsky family, in loving memory of Adira (a"h), who loved big ideas and asking big questions.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Length: 22 minutes
Synopsis: And we're back! By "we" I mean The Stoic Jew Podcast AND my insomnia! :D I've been up since 3:35am this morning, and I decided to make a podcast episode about my latest Stoic Jew take on my situation, based on the words of Marcus Aurelius and Koheles (Ecclesiastes), as explained by Ralbag (Gersonides).

Related Episodes about Insomnia:
- Blaming My Insomnia on Satan
- A Cure for Insomnia … I Hope
- Applying Epictetus to My Insomnia
- Post-Insomnia Stoic Jew Self-Talk
- When Life Gives You Insomnia, Bake a Cake and Rejoice in Yisurin
- Purim, Providence, and 600 Days of Gratitude

Sources:
- Aurelius, Meditations 6:1-2; 2:14
- Ralbag (Gersonides), Commentary on Koheles (Ecclesiastes) 9:10-12
- Gandalf, the Grey, The Fellowship of the Ring

Other:
- Natalie Goldberg, Three Simple Lines: A Writer’s Pilgrimage into the Heart and Homeland of Haiku
- Oliver Burkeman, Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
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The Torah content for the remainder of 2023 has been sponsored by Rivkie and Dovi Siderson with the following message from Rivkie: "Thank you to Rabbi for providing me with a solid foundation of Torah and Jewish philosophy, and for 8+ years of great learning! And to Avital on her 23rd birthday (even though we can’t be there in person). I’m so grateful for your friendship, mind, and support. I love learning with you and from you, and can’t wait to continue, IY”H. Happy birthday from the Sidersons!"
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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