The Mishlei Podcast

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:15 - The Pesi and the Arum (Part 2)   פֶּתִי יַאֲמִין לְכׇל דָּבָר, וְעָרוּם יָבִין לַאֲשֻׁרוֹ: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/10/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing yesterday's (MANY) questions and two approaches. We then learned a bunch of meforshim and gained a bunch of new insights int...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:15 - The Pesi and the Arum (Part 1)   פֶּתִי יַאֲמִין לְכׇל דָּבָר, וְעָרוּם יָבִין לַאֲשֻׁרוֹ: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/9/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned the quintessential pasuk about the pesi and the arum. It's always a unique challenge to learn pesukim which define the classic Mishleic...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 13:8 - Those Poor People Who Don't Listen to Rebuke כֹּפֶר נֶפֶשׁ אִישׁ עׇשְׁרוֹ וְרָשׁ לֹא שָׁמַע גְּעָרָה: Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (1/8/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk which seemed quite difficult to understand on the surface - especially because it seemed to criticize poor peop...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:14 - The Hazard of the Soog Lev (Part 2)   מִדְּרָכָיו יִשְׂבַּע סוּג לֵב וּמֵעָלָיו אִישׁ טוֹב Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/4/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's ideas, then learned two amazing and practical interpretations from the Metzudas David and the Rabbeinu Yonah. I was particu...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:14 - The Hazard of the Soog Lev (Part 1)   מִדְּרָכָיו יִשְׂבַּע סוּג לֵב וּמֵעָלָיו אִישׁ טוֹב Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/3/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began working on a pasuk that is so ambiguously worded that we were forced to contend with SIX different translations! Despite that obstacle, we were...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 13:7 - Thirteen Ways to Make Yourself Rich or Poor יֵשׁ מִתְעַשֵּׁר וְאֵין כֹּל, מִתְרוֹשֵׁשׁ וְהוֹן רָב: Length: 1 hour 43 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (1/1/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, I predicted that our pasuk would be fairly easy to learn and that we'd get lots of ideas. Looks like I was right! By my count, we cam...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:13 - When Laughter Ends in Sadness (Part 2)   גַּם בִּשְׂחֹק יִכְאַב לֵב וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ שִׂמְחָה תוּגָה Length: 43 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/21/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing yesterday's pasuk and ideas, then we consulted the meforshim. Although we were able to get some nice insights from a...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:13 - How to Avoid the Paths of Death (Part 1)   גַּם בִּשְׂחֹק יִכְאַב לֵב וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ שִׂמְחָה תוּגָה Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/20/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning a pasuk which is clearly connected to the pasuk we learned last week (12/14/23), but we decided to analyze it on its own...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 13:6 - Keep Tam and Carry On צְדָקָה תִּצֹּר תׇּם דָּרֶךְ וְרִשְׁעָה תְּסַלֵּף חַטָּאת Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (12/19/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we analyzed a pasuk which looked like it was going to be really difficult, since the translation was really messy. Turns out, we came up with several overl...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:12 - How to Avoid the Paths of Death   יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי אִישׁ וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ דַּרְכֵי מָוֶת: Length: 48 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/14/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we were able to analyze a seemingly obvious pasuk and come up with MANY different ideas, all in a single day! This one has far-reaching applica...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 13:5 - The Tzadik's Attitude Towards Falsehood דְּבַר שֶׁקֶר יִשְׂנָא צַדִּיק, וְרָשָׁע יַבְאִישׁ וְיַחְפִּיר: Length: 1 hour 41 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (12/11/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we skipped the next pasuk we were slated to do (13:4) because I gave shiur on it back in June 2022. Instead, we learned the ne...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:11 - Self-Destructive Houses and Self-Perpetuating Tents (Part 2)   בֵּית רְשָׁעִים יִשָּׁמֵד, וְאֹהֶל יְשָׁרִים יַפְרִיחַ: Length: 48 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/7/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed the ideas from yesterday, supporting some of them from the meforshim. I then shared my own original interpretat...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:11 - Self-Destructive Houses and Self-Perpetuating Tents (Part 1)   בֵּית רְשָׁעִים יִשָּׁמֵד, וְאֹהֶל יְשָׁרִים יַפְרִיחַ: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/6/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk which seems to be VERY obvious, but like most seemingly obvious pesukim, our questions led us to...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 13:3 - Lips of Self-Destruction נֹצֵר פִּיו שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ, פֹּשֵׂק שְׂפָתָיו מְחִתָּה לוֹ: Length: 1 hour 22 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (12/4/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned another pasuk about speech. I suspected this one would be easier than last week's, and it was! We came up with two approaches of our o...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:10 - Mishlei's Take on Empathy (Part 2)   לֵב יוֹדֵעַ מָרַּת נַפְשׁוֹ, וּבְשִׂמְחָתוֹ לֹא יִתְעָרַב זָר: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/30/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we had one goal: to find chidushim on our pasuk ... and chidushim we found! We began with a second original interpretation, followed by...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:10 - Mishlei's Take on Empathy (Part 1)   לֵב יוֹדֵעַ מָרַּת נַפְשׁוֹ, וּבְשִׂמְחָתוֹ לֹא יִתְעָרַב זָר: Length: 42 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/29/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned one of the most memorable pesukim (based on anecdotal evidence) which constitutes part of my high school Mishlei curriculum....

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 13:2 - Fruitful vs. Traitorous Speech מִפְּרִי פִי אִישׁ יֹאכַל טוֹב וְנֶפֶשׁ בֹּגְדִים חָמָס: Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (11/27/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up a difficult pasuk - the 1st half of which was nearly identical to a pasuk we learned last year, and the 2nd half of which dealt with a d...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:9 - The Role of Guilt Among Mishleic Fools (Part 2)   אֱוִלִים יָלִיץ אָשָׁם וּבֵין יְשָׁרִים רָצוֹן: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/23/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's pasuk, attempting to refine some of yesterday's ideas, and then delving into the Radak who ga...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:9 - The Role of Guilt Among Mishleic Fools (Part 1)   אֱוִלִים יָלִיץ אָשָׁם וּבֵין יְשָׁרִים רָצוֹן: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/22/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning an extremely cryptic and difficult-to-translate pasuk having something to do with guilt, eveelim (Mishleic fools), and yeshari...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 13:1 - How to Make a Chacham and a Leitz בֵּן חָכָם מוּסַר אָב, וְלֵץ לֹא שָׁמַע גְּעָרָה: Length: 1 hour 26 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (11/20/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we began Chapter 13. Tonight's pasuk was chock-full of classic Mishleic archetypes and tropes. We managed to develop five approaches of our own, a...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:8 - The Wisdom of the Cunning and the Foolishness of Fools? (Part 2)   חׇכְמַת עָרוּם הָבִין דַּרְכּוֹ, וְאִוֶּלֶת כְּסִילִים מִרְמָה: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/16/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we delved into the meforshim on our pasuk, where we discovered some overlap between the approaches we developed...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:8 - The Wisdom of the Cunning and the Foolishness of Fools? (Part 1)   חׇכְמַת עָרוּם הָבִין דַּרְכּוֹ, וְאִוֶּלֶת כְּסִילִים מִרְמָה: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/15/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk which deals with standard Mishleic archetypes in an odd juxtaposition with ambiguous...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:7 - Avoid the Foolish Man Because ... Lips? (Part 2)   לֵךְ מִנֶּגֶד לְאִישׁ כְּסִיל וּבַל יָדַעְתָּ שִׂפְתֵי דָעַת: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/9/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, I had PLANNED to cover a variety of meforshim. Instead, we ended up reading Metzudas David - whose explanation was the most simila...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:7 - Avoid the Foolish Man Because ... Lips? (Part 1)   לֵךְ מִנֶּגֶד לְאִישׁ כְּסִיל וּבַל יָדַעְתָּ שִׂפְתֵי דָעַת: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/8/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began analyzing a pasuk that is difficult to make sense of even on a basic reading level. We came up with a few approaches, and...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:28 - Mishleic Immortality בְּאֹרַח צְדָקָה חַיִּים, וְדֶרֶךְ נְתִיבָהֿ אַל מָוֶת: Length: 1 hour 30 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (11/6/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that somehow managed to be overly generic but frustratingly specific. We came up with a few approaches on our own, then learned through sev...