The Stoic Jew

The Sacred Pause, Forgetting Hashem, and Mezuzah Experiment Update #3 (Aurelius – Meditations 4:3:1)

June 15, 2021 Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss Season 4 Episode 43
The Stoic Jew
The Sacred Pause, Forgetting Hashem, and Mezuzah Experiment Update #3 (Aurelius – Meditations 4:3:1)
Show Notes

Synopsis: Today’s episode may be thought of as a further elucidation of the concepts I’ve been speaking about in relation to my Mezuzah Experiment that’s been going on for the last two weeks. Although you can definitely listen to this one on its own, it’ll make more sense in context to listen to the “Sacred Pause”-related episodes linked below. As for the experiment itself: we’ll see if the new trick I introduced today helps! (Think of this trick as being similar to those street signs that notify you that a stop sign is coming up.) 

Related Episodes:
- TSJ Interlude: Korach and My Sacred Pause Mezuzah Experiment
- The Sacred Pause as Applied to Mezuzah (Aurelius – Meditations 5:23)
- “The Sacred Pause” in Light of Stoicism and Judaism (Epictetus – Discourses 2:18)
- Aurelius - Meditations 4:3a 

Sources:
- Aurelius, Meditations 4:3:1
- Tara Brach, Radical Compassion, pp.3-4,10
- Rambam: Mishneh Torah, Sefer Ahavah, Hilchos Tefilin, u’Mezuzah, v’Sefer Torah 6:13
- Rambam: Mishneh Torah, Sefer ha’Mada, Introduction
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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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