EPISODE · Dec 4, 2020 · 10 MIN
Aurelius - Meditations 4:17: Memento Mori ... but How?
from The Stoic Jew · host Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss
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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------Talmud Bavli – Shabbos 153aRabbi 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).---------------------------------------------------------------------------R’ Moshe Chaim Luzzatto – Introduction to Mesilas YesharimBasore translation of On the Shortness of Life (Seneca)Gummere translation of Seneca's Letters #101 (pp. 91-95) and #49 (pp. 215-219)---------------------------------------------------------------------------If you have questions, comments, or feedback, I would love to hear from you! Please feel free to contact me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail.----------Stoic texts:The Meditations of Marcus AureliusLetters from a Stoic Master (Seneca)The Discourses of EpictetusThe Enchiridion (Handbook) of Epictetus----------Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweissYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/rabbischneeweissBlog: https://kolhaseridim.blogspot.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmschneeweiss"The Mishlei Podcast": https://mishlei.buzzsprout.com"The Stoic Jew" Podcast: https://thestoicjew.buzzsprout.com"Rambam Bekius" Podcast: https://rambambekius.buzzsprout.com"Machshavah Lab" Podcast: https://machshavahlab.buzzsprout.com"The Tefilah Podcast": https://tefilah.buzzsprout.comSupport the show
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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. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ...
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