The Mishlei Podcast

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...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:6 - How the Leitz and the Navon Seek Knowledge (Part 2)   בִּקֶּשׁ לֵץ חׇכְמָה וָאָיִן, וְדַעַת לְנָבוֹן נָקָל: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/2/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we continued working on the pasuk we started yesterday and encountered a whole lot of difficulty. Rabbeinu Yonah's approach defini...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:6 - How the Leitz and the Navon Seek Knowledge (Part 1)   בִּקֶּשׁ לֵץ חׇכְמָה וָאָיִן, וְדַעַת לְנָבוֹן נָקָל: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/1/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk which discusses a very strange phenomenon: a leitz seeking chochmah! This is juxtaposed with a statement abou...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:27 - Too Lazy to Roast Your Catch לֹא יַחֲרֹךְ רְמִיָּה צֵידוֹ, וְהוֹן אָדָם יָקָר חָרוּץ: Length: 1 hour 21 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (10/30/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we tackled a pasuk which proved to be VERY difficult to read, given the variety of permutations. I was pleased and surprised that we were able to de...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:5 - A Liar is a False Witness ... Really? (Part 2)   עֵד אֱמוּנִים לֹא יְכַזֵּב וְיָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (10/26/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of what initially appeared to be an extremely obvious pasuk. We learned explanations from a whopping SEVEN c...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:5 - A Liar is a False Witness ... Really? (Part 1)   עֵד אֱמוּנִים לֹא יְכַזֵּב וְיָפִיחַ כְּזָבִים עֵד שָׁקֶר: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (10/25/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning what may very well be the most obvious sounding pasuk I've ever seen. Robert Alter comments: "This is one...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:4 - Dealing with Ox-Filth (Part 2)   בְּאֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְרׇב תְּבוּאוֹת בְּכֹחַ שׁוֹר: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (10/19/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's pasuk. Our focus today was on finding chidushim (new insights), and chidushim we found! We managed to...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:4 - Dealing with Ox-Filth (Part 1)   בְּאֵין אֲלָפִים אֵבוּס בָּר וְרׇב תְּבוּאוֹת בְּכֹחַ שׁוֹר: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/21/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk which - for better or for worse - I have learned and taught MANY times. Not only that, but I've even coined a phrased...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:26 - Tzadik, Rasha, Fellow, Spy יָתֵר מֵרֵעֵהוּ צַדִּיק, וְדֶרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים תַּתְעֵם: Length: 1 hour 21 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (10/16/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk with two radically different translations: one which seems to point out the obvious fact that a tzadik is better than his fellow, and...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:3 - The Fool's Rod of Ego (Part 2)   בְּפִי אֱוִיל חֹטֶר גַּאֲוָה וְשִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים תִּשְׁמוּרֵם: Length: 34 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/21/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began with a review of the questions and ideas from last time. Unfortunately, this wasn't recorded. We then learned different approach...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:3 - The Fool's Rod of Ego (Part 1)   בְּפִי אֱוִיל חֹטֶר גַּאֲוָה וְשִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים תִּשְׁמוּרֵם: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/20/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk featuring a strange mashal and a strange juxtaposition of Mishleic qualities. We developed two approaches, both of w...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:2 - The Relationship Between "Uprightness" and Fear of Hashem (Part 2)   הוֹלֵךְ בְּיׇשְׁרוֹ יְרֵא י"י, וּנְלוֹז דְּרָכָיו בּוֹזֵהוּ: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/14/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's ideas and then learned a whopping three more approaches, each of whic...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:2 - The Relationship Between "Uprightness" and Fear of Hashem (Part 1)   הוֹלֵךְ בְּיׇשְׁרוֹ יְרֵא י"י, וּנְלוֹז דְּרָכָיו בּוֹזֵהוּ: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/13/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk which appeared to be filled with Mishleic jargon, but ended up being rat...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:25 - Don't Worry, Be Happy דְּאָגָה בְלֶב אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה, וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶנָּה: Length: 1 hour 26 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (9/11/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned one of the most "Stoic Jew" pesukim in Mishlei (which is already a VERY Stoic Jew sefer). If you've ever experienced wo...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:1 - How Women Build and Destroy their Own Homes (Part 2)   חַכְמוֹת נָשִׁים בָּנְתָה בֵיתָהּ, וְאִוֶּלֶת בְּיָדֶיהָ תֶהֶרְסֶנּוּ: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/7/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's idea, heard two or three more explanations from the guys, and then learned through a bunc...