The Mishlei Podcast

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 27:1 - Don't Boast About Tomorrow אַל תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּי לֹא תֵדַע מַה יֵּלֶד יוֹם: Length: 1 hour 49 minutes Synopsis: This evening (10/26/26), in our first Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the season, we started a new chapter! Because this was our first time in this shiur learning a pasuk from what I call Mishei&apo...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! [NOTE: The audio cuts out for around 3 minutes, from 10ish until 13ish on the recording. Not sure what happened.] Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 2) (ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה. (ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו: Lengt...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 1) (ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה. (ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (10/21/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning one of the juicie...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 26:3 - A Rod for the Back of Fools (Part 2) שׁוֹט לַסּוּס מֶתֶג לַחֲמוֹר וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו כְּסִילִים: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/17/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began with a review of yesterday's pasuk and the approaches that were suggested in shiur and a few sent after shiur. We then spent most of our...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 26:3 - A Rod for the Back of Fools (Part 1) שׁוֹט לַסּוּס מֶתֶג לַחֲמוֹר וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו כְּסִילִים: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/16/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began what appears to be a local cluster of pesukim about how to deal with ksilim (Mishleic fools). Today's pasuk seems to be part of a subgen...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 26:2 - Avian Metaphors for Gratuitous Curses (Part 2) כַּצִּפּוֹר לָנוּד כַּדְּרוֹר לָעוּף כֵּן קִלְלַת חִנָּם [לוֹ] (לא) תָבֹא: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/10/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's riddle-pasuk. We began by reviewing what we covered yesterday and solicitin...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 26:2 - Avian Metaphors for Gratuitous Curses (Part 1) כַּצִּפּוֹר לָנוּד כַּדְּרוֹר לָעוּף כֵּן קִלְלַת חִנָּם [לוֹ] (לא) תָבֹא: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/9/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning the next riddle-pasuk in our perek. We spent more time than usual on the nuances of the Targum and Tafsi...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 26:1 - Meteorological Metaphors for Giving Honor to a Fool Part 2) כַּשֶּׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ וְכַמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/3/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we took continued our analysis of the first pasuk in Chapter 26. After reviewing the translations, question...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 26:1 - Meteorological Metaphors for Giving Honor to a Fool Part 1) כַּשֶּׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ וְכַמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/3/26), in our first Morning Mishlei shiur of the 2026-2027 season, we took up the first pasuk in Chapter 26, which continues the series of &quot...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:28 - Are YOU a Breached City Without a Wall? (Part 2) עִיר פְּרוּצָה אֵין חוֹמָה אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אֵין מַעְצָר לְרוּחוֹ: Length: 39 minutes Synopsis: This morning (6/11/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's pasuk. After reviewing and refining our understanding of yesterday's main pesha...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:28 - Are YOU a Breached City Without a Wall? (Part 1) עִיר פְּרוּצָה אֵין חוֹמָה אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אֵין מַעְצָר לְרוּחוֹ: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (6/10/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned another "straight-up mashal" pasuk - and a pristine one, at that! The idea we developed is so good and so fit...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:28 - How a Fool Can Appear Wise גַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב אֹטֵם שְׂפָתָיו נָבוֹן: Length:  Synopsis: This evening (6/8/26), in our last Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the season, we learned another pasuk about silence - this one seemingly advising a fool how to pass as a chacham or a navon. We raised a ton of questions...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:27 - Mussar for Winnie-the-Pooh (Part 4) אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא טוֹב, וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד: Length: 29 minutes Synopsis: This morning (6/4/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we wrapped up our discussion of this honey-themed pasuk with the Rambam's interpretation in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, after first briefly di...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:27 - Mussar for Winnie-the-Pooh (Part 3) אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא טוֹב, וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (6/3/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued last week's pasuk where we left off: mid-Meiri. We learned through his first derech nistar approach in-depth, which was fantastic...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:27 - Knowledge, Understanding, and Minimizing Speech  חוֹשֵׂךְ אֲמָרָיו יוֹדֵעַ דָּעַת, (וקר) [יְקַר] רוּחַ אִישׁ תְּבוּנָה: Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Synopsis: This evening (6/1/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we had another "skeleton crew" day with a bunch of regulars absent, but we ALSO had a legendary surpr...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:27 - Mussar for Winnie-the-Pooh (Part 2) אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא טוֹב, וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד: Length: 29 minutes Synopsis: This morning (5/28/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we quickly reviewed yesterday's approach, then learned Saadia Gaon's commentary (which answered a question we raised yesterday) and two...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:27 - Mussar for Winnie-the-Pooh (Part 1) אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא טוֹב, וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (5/27/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a cryptic pasuk about eating too much honey - the second instance of this theme in our perek. We came up with four quite differe...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:26 - Not Good Punishing a Tzadik  גַּם עֲנוֹשׁ לַצַּדִּיק לֹא טוֹב, לְהַכּוֹת נְדִיבִים עַל יֹשֶׁר: Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Synopsis: This evening (5/25/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we unexpectedly had a skeleton crew, with most of our regulars conspicuously absent. But the shiur must go on! We tackled a pasuk I had...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:26 - When a Rasha Contaminates a Tzadik (Part 2) מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ וּמָקוֹר מׇשְׁחָת צַדִּיק מָט לִפְנֵי רָשָׁע: Length: 51 minutes Synopsis: This morning (5/21/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's interpretations then focused on two meforshim: Rabbeinu Yonah (excerpted from Shaarei Teshuvah, presumabl...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:26 - When a Rasha Contaminates a Tzadik (Part 1) מַעְיָן נִרְפָּשׂ וּמָקוֹר מׇשְׁחָת צַדִּיק מָט לִפְנֵי רָשָׁע: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (5/20/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning an atypical tzadik pasuk: one that seems to focus on a Tzadik's failure, or potential failure. We came up with...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:25 - How a Foolish Son Affects His Parents כַּעַס לְאָבִיו בֵּן כְּסִיל, וּמֶמֶר לְיוֹלַדְתּוֹ: Length: 1 hour 34 minutes Synopsis: This evening (5/18/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned one of those pesukim that looked suspiciously like many others we've done — recently, in fact. The challenge was clear: wou...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:25 - The Pleasure of Cold Water and Good News (Part 2) מַיִם קָרִים עַל נֶפֶשׁ עֲיֵפָה וּשְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחָק: Length: 29 minutes Synopsis: This morning (5/14/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we didn't come up with any earth-shatteringly new approaches, but we refined some points in our understanding from yest...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:25 - The Pleasure of Cold Water and Good News (Part 1) מַיִם קָרִים עַל נֶפֶשׁ עֲיֵפָה וּשְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה מֵאֶרֶץ מֶרְחָק: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (5/13/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk that became a tool in my Mishleic tool kit long ago. We organically arrived at the same peshat I h...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:24 - Where to Look for Chochmah אֶת פְּנֵי מֵבִין חׇכְמָה וְעֵינֵי כְסִיל בִּקְצֵה אָרֶץ: Length: 1 hour 24 minutes Synopsis: This evening (5/11/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up a pasuk that looked promisingly rich — and rich it was! We came up with several approaches on our own, then learned the commentaries o...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:24 - Strife-Wife Gonna Strife ... Again (Part 2) טוֹב שֶׁבֶת עַל פִּנַּת גָּג מֵאֵשֶׁת [מִדְיָנִים] (מדונים) וּבֵית חָבֶר: Length: 30 minutes Synopsis: This morning (4/30/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing our questions on 25:24, but then most of the rest of shiur learning the meforshim on 21:9, where the p...