# Shmuel's Substack

Writing periodically at the intersection of Torah and Jewish history (or whatever else) in between podcasting about the Rishonim.

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## [You Are a Person, First](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/you-are-a-person-first)

_2026-07-02 · Shmuel_

On moral obligation to humanity, beyond Jewish law

## [Some Shavuos Reading/Sources](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/some-shavuos-readingsources)

_2026-05-21 · Shmuel_

On questions of how Torah is transmitted through books and teachers

## [Rabbinic Discourse on AI is Upside-Down (Part 2): They Took Our Jobs](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/rabbinic-discourse-on-ai-is-upside)

_2026-03-25 · Shmuel_

Some thoughts about job displacement due to technological advancement from a Torah perspective

## [It’s Not (Just) About Jewish Law](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/its-not-just-about-jewish-law)

_2026-02-24 · Shmuel_

Slightly against "halakha" as law (and also, it's about AI, because ugh I've become one of THOSE people who won't shut up about it, sorry)

## [AI Ethics as Applied Rabbinical Studies](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/ai-ethics-as-applied-rabbinical-studies)

_2026-02-02 · Shmuel_

More on (one of) my latest projects

## [Rabbinic Discourse on Artificial Intelligence is Upside-Down: Interlude #1](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/rabbinic-discourse-on-artificial-d26)

_2026-01-12 · Shmuel_

Part 1.5 of a series; AI as idol-worship

## [Modesty, Influence, and My Internet Posts (Edited)](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/modesty-influence-and-my-posts-on)

_2025-12-26 · Shmuel_

Thinking in public about thinking in public (because of AI, of course)

## [Parashas Mikeitz: The Light We Cannot Yet See](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/the-light-we-cannot-yet-see)

_2025-12-19 · Shmuel_

Another "celebrating Hannukah in difficult times" message

## [The Shofar-cry in Time of Trouble](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/the-shofar-cry-in-time-of-trouble)

_2025-09-21 · Shmuel_

"And if we are servants, our eyes look only to You"

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_2025-09-21 · **Sponsored**_

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## [Parashas Chukas (sorta): Mitzvos and Mysticism](https://rishonimpodcast.substack.com/p/parashas-chukas-sorta-mitzvos-and)

_2025-07-02 · Shmuel_

Is religion, and religious ritual specifically, supposed to make sense? A long but insufficient essay on the theoretical place of rationalism and mysticism within Jewish observance.