Learning Aside

Spinoza Lab

This is an interactive side-room to the siddur: compare Spinoza with other major voices, then test your instincts with a short quiz.

Use this page in two ways

The compare tool focuses on issues people care about in Jewish life and public life: Torah interpretation, prayer, democracy, women, slavery, and moral responsibility.

Spinoza vs. ____

Pick a figure and a topic. The page will show agreement, disagreement, and why it matters.

Spinoza vs.

Spinoza's direction

Other figure's direction

Why this matters

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Quiz: How would Spinoza likely respond?

Pick what you think is closest to Spinoza's likely answer. You will get instant feedback and short source notes.

Your result

Spinoza vs. this week's Torah portion

Use this as a weekly learning prompt. Pick a portion and get one concise Spinoza-style question to bring to your table, class, or study group.

Parashah spotlight

Spinoza lens prompt

Discussion question

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My Learning Set

Save comparison cards and Torah portion prompts you want to revisit.

Archive and history

Weekly Torah editions and quiz attempts are archived in this browser on your device.

Weekly Torah edition archive

Quiz history

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