The Mishlei Podcast

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! רַע רַע יֹאמַר הַקּוֹנֶה וְאֹזֵל לוֹ אָז יִתְהַלָּל: This morning (6/7/21 at YBT) we learned one of those pesukim that elicits an immediate, "So what?" reaction upon first reading. In this case, our pasuk seemed to describe the standard and innocuous business practice of haggling over merchandise. The more we delved into our anal...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אַל תֶּאֱהַב שֵׁנָה פֶּן תִּוָּרֵשׁ פְּקַח עֵינֶיךָ שְׂבַע לָחֶם: This morning (6/3/21 at YBT) we took up a pasuk that looked quite basic, but we ended up getting a nice practical idea or two from it anyway - both in the nigleh and the nistar ways of learning. FYI, the book on sleep Isaac keeps talking about is called Why We Sleep: Unlocki...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אֹזֶן שֹׁמַעַת וְעַיִן רֹאָה י״י עָשָׂה גַם שְׁנֵיהֶם: This morning (6/2/21 at YBT) we learned one of those pesukim that seems too obvious to mention. Therein lay the challenge! We came up with a good approach which was corroborated by Metzudas David. Stil more to think about, though. ---------- מקורות: משלי כ:יב מצודת דוד - כ:יב מאירי - כ...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! גַּם בְּמַעֲלָלָיו יִתְנַכֶּר נָעַר אִם זַךְ וְאִם יָשָׁר פׇּעֳלוֹ: This morning (6/1/21 at YBT) we learned a new pasuk with intentionally ambiguous wording that leads to two nearly opposite readings. We ended up developing one approach, which was corroborated by the Metzudas David, and we quickly read through Rabbeinu Yonah's comment...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! כַּעֲבוֹר סוּפָה וְאֵין רָשָׁע וְצַדִּיק יְסוֹד עוֹלָם: In our Monday Night Mishlei shiur (5/31/21 at YBT) we learned a pasuk which posed a double difficulty: it was awkward to read and translate, and the idea seemed to be quite similar to the last pasuk we learned. Thankfully, we managed to get a chidush (new insight) which was corroborat...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אֶבֶן וָאֶבֶן אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה תּוֹעֲבַת י״י גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶם: This morning (5/31/21 at YBT) we continued learning the pasuk we started on Thursday. As we discovered then, this pasuk intersects a number of different subjects, including Chumash, Torah she'baal Peh, aggadata. We decided to focus on the statements of Chazal brought down by...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אֶבֶן וָאֶבֶן אֵיפָה וְאֵיפָה תּוֹעֲבַת י״י גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶם: This morning (5/27/21 at YBT) we began learning a pasuk which, on the surface, is unnecessary, since the Chumash says the same thing with greater elaboration. We spent some time getting the facts, which turned into a quasi Rambam Bekius shiur, and then we outlined an approach to t...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא דִין מְזָרֶה בְעֵינָיו כׇּל רָע: מִי יֹאמַר זִכִּיתִי לִבִּי טָהַרְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִי: This morning (5/26/21 at YBT) we refined our own understanding of the pasuk we learned yesterday (20:9), then we learned a similar explanation of that pasuk by the Ri Nachmias, and then we learned the Meiri who explains 20:8 and...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מִי יֹאמַר זִכִּיתִי לִבִּי טָהַרְתִּי מֵחַטָּאתִי: This morning (5/25/21 at YBT) we had planned to do the meforshim on 20:8, but since many of them take it to be connected to 20:9, we decided to focus on the latter today and then learn the meforshim on both of them tomorrow. We probably would have gotten further today, but I took a detour...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מְגוֹרַת רָשָׁע הִיא תְבוֹאֶנּוּ וְתַאֲוַת צַדִּיקִים יִתֵּן: In our Monday Night Mishlei shiur (5/24/21 with Lomdeha, hosted by YBT) we learned a pasuk that sounded both weird (in terms of diction and syntax) and untrue. As always, our questions guided us to approaches, and our approaches led to ideas, and our ideas led to insights. We en...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מֶלֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב עַל כִּסֵּא דִין מְזָרֶה בְעֵינָיו כׇּל רָע: This morning (5/24/21 at YBT) we returned to our regularly scheduled Mishlei. (The Super Ultra Hyper Mega Meta Mishlei review was a worthwhile use of time, but I just couldn't bear to spend another day NOT learning fresh Mishlei.) We continued with our new plan of me not prep...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! This morning (5/21/21 at YBT) we continued our review of every pasuk we've learned in our morning Mishlei shiur since the beginning of the year. Once again, there were pesukim about which we said, "I have no memory of this place." And this time, I don't feel inclined to go back and listen to the old shiurim. Instead, we...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! This morning (5/20/21 at YBT) we continued our review every pasuk we've learned in our morning Mishlei shiur since the beginning of the year. This time there were a couple of pesukim we didn't really remember so well. To repeat our plan: our goal wasn't necessary to review all of the IDEAS (since we often came up with 2-5 id...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! This morning (5/19/21 at YBT) we embarked on an ambitious mission: to review every pasuk we've learned in our morning Mishlei shiur since the beginning of the year. Our goal wasn't necessary to review all of the IDEAS (since we often came up with 2-5 ideas for each pasuk), but rather, to review at least one idea for each pasuk. W...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מִתְהַלֵּךְ בְּתֻמּוֹ צַדִּיק אַשְׁרֵי בָנָיו אַחֲרָיו: This morning (5/13/21 at YBT) we learned a new pasuk which first struck us as ambiguous on a number of levels. Once we started analyzing it, everything clicked into place, and we emerged with a nice idea. Unfortunately, since this is the last Mishlei shiur we're having before Sha...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! רׇב אָדָם יִקְרָא אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֱמוּנִים מִי יִמְצָא: This morning (5/12/21 at YBT) we wrapped up our learning of the pasuk we've been focusing on this week. We learned the explanations of Rabbeinu Yonah and, to a lesser extent, the Meiri, and although we gained some insights here and there, we didn't find anything to r...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! רׇב אָדָם יִקְרָא אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֱמוּנִים מִי יִמְצָא: This morning (5/11/21 at YBT) we continued learning the pasuk we began yesterday on how people advertise the chesed they do. First we refined our own approach. Next, we had a brief discussion about my "Mishlei Power Rankings" and why I include Metzudas David, Rabbein...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! כִּשְׂחוֹק לִכְסִיל עֲשׂוֹת זִמָּה וְחׇכְמָה לְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה: In our Monday Night Mishlei shiur (5/10/21 with Lomdeha, hosted by YBT) we learned what looked to be a very confusing pasuk, both linguistically and conceptually. To be honest, I was a little worried during our questioning period whether this would be a fruitful learning sessi...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! רׇב אָדָם יִקְרָא אִישׁ חַסְדּוֹ וְאִישׁ אֱמוּנִים מִי יִמְצָא: This morning (5/10/21 at YBT) we began learning one of the few pesukim in Mishlei that has anything to do with chesed (kindness). It shouldn't come as a surprise that Mishlei takes a very Mishleic approach to the topic of chesed. (I won't spoil that tautology by expa...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מַיִם עֲמֻקִּים עֵצָה בְלֶב אִישׁ וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה יִדְלֶנָּה: This morning (5/6/21 at YBT) we went back to our regularly scheduled Mishlei programming, continuing where we left off in Chapter 20. At first glance, today's pasuk looked fairly straightforward, but we soon discovered that it could be read in different ways even with the...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! (ו) לֵךְ אֶל נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם. (ז) אֲשֶׁר אֵין לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל. (ח) תָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ אָגְרָה בַקָּצִיר מַאֲכָלָהּ. (ט) עַד מָתַי עָצֵל תִּשְׁכָּב מָתַי תָּקוּם מִשְּׁנָתֶךָ. (י) מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב. (יא) וּבָא כִמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָג...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! (ו) לֵךְ אֶל נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם. (ז) אֲשֶׁר אֵין לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל. (ח) תָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ אָגְרָה בַקָּצִיר מַאֲכָלָהּ. (ט) עַד מָתַי עָצֵל תִּשְׁכָּב מָתַי תָּקוּם מִשְּׁנָתֶךָ. (י) מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב. (יא) וּבָא כִמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָג...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! בִּרְכַּת יי הִיא תַעֲשִׁיר וְלֹא יוֹסִף עֶצֶב עִמָּהּ: In our Monday Night Mishlei shiur (5/3/21 with Lomdeha, hosted by YBT) we learned a pasuk which was an anomaly in that it focused on Hashem's actions, without any reference to Mishleic personalities. After working out the translation of the pasuk and reviewing what it means when...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! (ו) לֵךְ אֶל נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם. (ז) אֲשֶׁר אֵין לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל. (ח) תָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ אָגְרָה בַקָּצִיר מַאֲכָלָהּ. (ט) עַד מָתַי עָצֵל תִּשְׁכָּב מָתַי תָּקוּם מִשְּׁנָתֶךָ. (י) מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב. (יא) וּבָא כִמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָג...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! (ו) לֵךְ אֶל נְמָלָה עָצֵל רְאֵה דְרָכֶיהָ וַחֲכָם. (ז) אֲשֶׁר אֵין לָהּ קָצִין שֹׁטֵר וּמֹשֵׁל. (ח) תָּכִין בַּקַּיִץ לַחְמָהּ אָגְרָה בַקָּצִיר מַאֲכָלָהּ. (ט) עַד מָתַי עָצֵל תִּשְׁכָּב מָתַי תָּקוּם מִשְּׁנָתֶךָ. (י) מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב. (יא) וּבָא כִמְהַלֵּךְ רֵאשֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹרְךָ כְּאִישׁ מָג...