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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.
The Stoic Jew
Aurelius - Meditations 4:17: Memento Mori ... but How?
Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!
Don't live as though you were going to live ten thousand years. Fate is hanging over your head; while you have life, while you may, become good.
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Talmud Bavli – Shabbos 153a
Rabbi Eliezer says: Do teshuvah one day before your death. Rabbi Eliezer’s students asked him: But does a person know the day he will die? He said to them: All the more so, one should do teshuvah today lest he die tomorrow, and thus, one will spend his entire life in teshuvah. And Shlomo also said in his wisdom: “At all times your clothes should be white, and oil shall not be absent from upon your head” (Koheles 9:8).
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R’ Moshe Chaim Luzzatto – Introduction to Mesilas Yesharim
Basore translation of On the Shortness of Life (Seneca)
Gummere translation of Seneca's Letters #101 (pp. 91-95) and #49 (pp. 215-219)
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If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.
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Stoic texts:
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius
Letters from a Stoic Master (Seneca)
The Discourses of Epictetus
The Enchiridion (Handbook) of Epictetus
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