The Stoic Jew

Life as a Seudah ha'Mafsekes

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 5 minutes 30 seconds Synopsis: This short, unplanned, off-the-cuff Erev Yom ha'Kippurim episode h

1500 Days of Gratitude, Gam Zeh Yaavor, and How Not to Lose the Only Thing You Have (Aurelius - Meditations 2.14)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 29 minutes 7 seconds Synopsis: After yet another unintended hiatus, we're back for another Gratit

1350 Days of Gratitude, Rabbi Sacks on Pesach Storytelling, and Meditation as Foundation (Seneca - Letter #13)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 29 minutes 25 seconds Synopsis: AND WE'RE BACK! This episode is brought to you by the letter "I"—

My Oura Ring Was Stolen! ... But Only In My Mind (Epictetus - Discourses 2.18-30)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 21 minutes 25 seconds Synopsis: There's nothing like a real-world example to showcase Stoic princ

Don't Be Shocked By Evil (Aurelius - Meditations 7:1)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 14 minutes 6 seconds Synopsis: In an effort to jumpstart weekly TSJ episodes, I've decided to sta

The Car Repair Saga of Summer 2024 (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1:1)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 14 minutes 9 seconds Synopsis: On July 19th, while I was in Seattle for the summer, my car - which I h

The Stoic Jew Shiur #07: Existential Procrastination (Meditations 2:4)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 59 minutes Synopsis: This evening (8/7/24), in our final Stoic Jew Shiur of this summer, we learned th

The Stoic Jew Shiur #06: How Stoics and Jews React to the Deaths of the Wicked (Meditations 2.1)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/31/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we deviated from our seque

The Stoic Jew Shiur #05: Marcus Aurelius, Rambam, and Kuzari on "Gam Zu l'Tovah!" (Meditations 2:3)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/24/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we learned the third entry

The Stoic Jew Shiur #04: Self-Talk About Your True Self (Meditations 2:2)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 28 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/17/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we learned and discussed t

Three Years of Gratitude, Even for Insomnia!

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 15 minutes 31 seconds Synopsis: I can't believe it, but this past Friday marked three YEARS of gr

The Stoic Jew Shiur #03: Stoic Values vs. Jewish Values (Meditations 2:1)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 10 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/10/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we achieved our goal of fi

The Stoic Jew Shiur #02: Good and Bad, in Stoicism and Judaism (Meditations 2:1)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Synopsis: This evening (7/3/24), in our Stoic Jew Shiur, we attempted to do an order

The Stoic Jew Shiur #01: Marcus's Morning Reminder (Meditations 2:1)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 1 hour 37 minutes Synopsis: This evening (6/26/24) was our inaugural "Stoic Jew Shiur"! After a brief

Announcing: The Stoic Jew Shiur! (Wed, 8-9pm EDT)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! I should have made this announcement more than an hour before the first shiur, but better late than never! 😅 -

Be Bees, My Friend (Seneca - Letter #84: On Gathering Ideas)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 25 minutes even Synopsis: You might have heard of Bruce Lee's "Be Water, My Friend" analogy, and

Epictetus's Baths, Seinfeld's Equilibrium, and How to Say Baruch Dayan ha'Emes with Joy (Epictetus - Enchiridion 4)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 19 minutes even (Steven) Synopsis: This episode was inspired by four occurrences that recently befell

Bees, Epictetus, Tehilim 118, Israel's War, and Yom haShoah (Epictetus - Enchiridion 1:5; Discourses 2:18)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 17 minutes 48 seconds Synopsis: Yesterday I walked into a swarm of bees. In this episode, I reflect on

1000 Days of Gratitude (Haggadah)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 21 minutes Synopsis: And The Stoic Jew Podcast is BACK! Or is it? Well, it's back for at least th

Does Insomnia Even Matter? (Aurelius - Meditations 6:1-2; 2:14)

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length: 22 minutes Synopsis: And we're back! By "we" I mean The Stoic Jew Podcast AND my insomnia! :D I&a