The Mishlei Podcast

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...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:1 - How Women Build and Destroy their Own Homes (Part 1)   חַכְמוֹת נָשִׁים בָּנְתָה בֵיתָהּ, וְאִוֶּלֶת בְּיָדֶיהָ תֶהֶרְסֶנּוּ: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/6/23), in our first Morning Mishlei shiur of the 2023-2024 season, we began learning Chapter 14, which is about wise and foolish women. In addition to deve...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 14:16 - Mishleic Wisdom and Foolishness 101 חָכָם יָרֵא וְסָר מֵרָע, וּכְסִיל מִתְעַבֵּר וּבוֹטֵחַ: Length: 1 hour 33 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (9/4/23), in our first Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the 2023-2024 season, we did a trial run of my introductory Mishlei pasuk - not a full-on Intro to Mishlei shiur, but the first pasuk I...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Length of audio: 47 minutes Synopsis: Have you been what I'll be up to this coming year?  Have you heard me allude to a MAJOR update that I said I'd announce about my professional life in the near future? Are you aware of one of these updates, but not the other? Well, if none of this interests you, then by all means, feel free to...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:24 - Mishleic Diligence and its Opposite יַד חָרוּצִים תִּמְשׁוֹל, וּרְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַס: Length: 1 hour 17 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (8/14/23), in our last Monday Night Mishlei Shiur until September (NOT until February, as I accidentally said at the end of shiur), we learned a difficult-to-translate pasuk about diligence an...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:23 - The Cunning Concealment of Knowledge אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת, וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּלֶת: Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (8/7/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur (which I decided to give even though I'm sick, since there's no medicine like Mishlei!), we learned a pasuk about when to share...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 28:14 - Mishlei on the Events of Tishah b'Av אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מְפַחֵד תָּמִיד, וּמַקְשֶׁה לִבּוֹ יִפּוֹל בְּרָעָה: Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (7/24/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we decided to pause our learning of chapter 12 and learn the pasuk cited by Chazal to explain how the Beis ha'Mikdash wa...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:22 - Why Hashem Hates Liars and Favors Truth Doers תּוֹעֲבַת י"י שִׂפְתֵי שָׁקֶר וְעֹשֵׂי אֱמוּנָה רְצוֹנוֹ: Length: 1 hour 14 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (7/17/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we learned the LAST pasuk in the thematic unit we've been learning about lying and truth-telling. The pasuk was simple to...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:21 - Righteous Resilience vs. Rasha Reactions לֹא יְאֻנֶּה לַצַּדִּיק כׇּל אָוֶן וּרְשָׁעִים מָלְאוּ רָע: Length: 1 hour 10 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (7/10/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we were down to a skeleton crew, with close to ten of our regulars missing! Still, we persevered, tackling a difficult-to-think-about...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:20 - Plotters of Evil vs. Advisors of Peace מִרְמָה בְּלֶב חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וּלְיֹעֲצֵי שָׁלוֹם שִׂמְחָה: Length: Synopsis: Tonight (7/3/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we learned a deceptively difficult pasuk - not so much because it was difficult to read or even to answer our questions, but because it was difficult to disc...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 12:19 - The Intrinsically Unstable Nature of Lies שְׂפַת אֱמֶת תִּכּוֹן לָעַד וְעַד אַרְגִּיעָה לְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר: Length: 1 hour 44 minutes Synopsis: Tonight (6/26/23), in our first Monday Night Mishlei Shiur of the summer session, we learned a pasuk that presented itself as quite straightforward ... a little TOO straightforward, or...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 24:30-34 - How to Learn Mishlei from Anything (BONUS SHIUR)   (ל) עַל שְׂדֵה אִישׁ עָצֵל עָבַרְתִּי וְעַל כֶּרֶם אָדָם חֲסַר לֵב. (לא) וְהִנֵּה עָלָה כֻלּוֹ קִמְּשֹׂנִים כָּסּוּ פָנָיו חֲרֻלִּים וְגֶדֶר אֲבָנָיו נֶהֱרָסָה. (לב) וָאֶחֱזֶה אָנֹכִי אָשִׁית לִבִּי רָאִיתִי לָקַחְתִּי מוּסָר.(לג) מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט חִב...