The Mishlei Podcast

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 20:19 - On Gossip, Secrets, and Trust (Part 2) גּוֹלֶה סּוֹד הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל וּלְפֹתֶה שְׂפָתָיו לֹא תִתְעָרָב: Tonight (3/7/22), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we continued the topic from last week by learning a pasuk whose first half is the inverse of Mishlei 11:13. We began by approaching this pasuk afresh without going out o...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! This morning (3/7/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we deviated from our usual daily routine. Since we started developing a new approach to the Mishleic personality of the leitz (scorner) last week, we decided to take a couple of days to do a bekius (overview / covering-ground) survey of ALL the pesukim in Mishlei which mention this perso...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:24 - The Leitz Reexamined (Part 2) זֵד יָהִיר לֵץ שְׁמוֹ עוֹשֶׂה בְּעֶבְרַת זָדוֹן: This morning (3/3/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur (which was only 30 minutes on account of Rosh Chodesh), we began by reviewing and refining what we said yesterday. Although this was worthwhile, it only left us with a few minutes to work on the...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:24 - The Leitz Reexamined (Part 1) זֵד יָהִיר לֵץ שְׁמוֹ עוֹשֶׂה בְּעֶבְרַת זָדוֹן: This morning (3/2/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned the pasuk which explicitly defines the Mishleic personality of the leitz (scoffer). I've learned and taught this pasuk dozens of times, and I was hoping for a new insight. Thank...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:23 - Guarding Your Mouth, Tongue, and Soul (Part 2) שֹׁמֵר פִּיו וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ שֹׁמֵר מִצָּרוֹת נַפְשׁוֹ: This morning (3/1/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's pasuk and found two Rishonim who helped us develop our approach: Rabbeinu Yonah and, surprisingly, the Rambam. We delved a bit...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 11:13 - On Gossip, Secrets, and Trust (Part 1) הוֹלֵךְ רָכִיל מְגַלֶּה סּוֹד וְנֶאֱמַן רוּחַ מְכַסֶּה דָבָר: Tonight (2/28/22), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we learned a very practical pasuk about gossiping, revealing secrets, and trustworthy friends. The pasuk seemed obvious on the surface, but our analysis revealed nuances...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:23 - Guarding Your Mouth, Tongue, and Soul (Part 1) שֹׁמֵר פִּיו וּלְשׁוֹנוֹ שֹׁמֵר מִצָּרוֹת נַפְשׁוֹ: This morning (2/28/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a new pasuk - one which struck some of us as "obvious" and others of us as "NON-obvious." Thankfully, we found a foothold early on whi...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:22 - How to Bring Down a City of Strength (Part 2) עִיר גִּבֹּרִים עָלָה חָכָם וַיֹּרֶד עֹז מִבְטֶחָה: This morning (2/24/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued learning the pasuk we began yesterday. After reviewing yesterday's ideas, we looked through ALL the meforshim - the majority of whom did little more than r...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:22 - How to Bring Down a City of Strength (Part 1) עִיר גִּבֹּרִים עָלָה חָכָם וַיֹּרֶד עֹז מִבְטֶחָה: This morning (2/23/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a new pasuk about the power of chochmah. In what context? That's what we worked on today. We developed three approaches to the type of "strong ci...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:21 - The Perks of Chasing Tzedakah and Chesed (Part 2) רֹדֵף צְדָקָה וָחָסֶד, יִמְצָא חַיִּים צְדָקָה וְכָבוֹד: This morning (2/22/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued learning the pasuk we began yesterday - this time, with our usual Morning Mishlei Crew! After reviewing (or rediscovering) the interpretation we gave y...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 11:12 - To Deride or to Derive? בׇּז לְרֵעֵהוּ חֲסַר לֵב וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנוֹת יַחֲרִישׁ: Tonight (2/21/22), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we learned a very interesting pasuk with major, wide-reaching practical implications. Even though there were only two participants in the shiur, we managed to come up with a really nice idea o...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:21 - The Perks of Chasing Tzedakah and Chesed (Part 1) רֹדֵף צְדָקָה וָחָסֶד, יִמְצָא חַיִּים צְדָקָה וְכָבוֹד: This morning (2/21/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk that looked really simple to analyze on the surface, but raised MANY nuanced questions. We developed our own approach and then read the co...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:20 - The Saving or Swallowing of Wealth (Part 2) אוֹצָר נֶחְמָד וָשֶׁמֶן בִּנְוֵה חָכָם וּכְסִיל אָדָם יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ: This morning (2/17/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing the three approaches we came up with yesterday, supplementing them with additional examples. We then learned Rabbeinu Yonah, who took th...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:20 - The Saving or Swallowing of Wealth (Part 1) אוֹצָר נֶחְמָד וָשֶׁמֶן בִּנְוֵה חָכָם וּכְסִיל אָדָם יְבַלְּעֶנּוּ: This morning (2/16/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began a new pasuk. This is a good example of a pasuk which seems to be stating a rather "cliché" Mishleic idea. The challenge with such pesukim i...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:9 + 25:4 - Solitude vs. a Contentious and Provocative Wife (Part 3) טוֹב לָשֶׁבֶת עַל פִּנַּת גָּג מֵאֵשֶׁת מִדְיָנִים וּבֵית חָבֶר: This morning (2/15/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued with the sugya we've been learning since Thursday. After reviewing the approaches we've gained so far, we flipped to Mis...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 11:11 - How to Raise Up or Tear Down Your City בְּבִרְכַּת יְשָׁרִים תָּרוּם קָרֶת וּבְפִי רְשָׁעִים תֵּהָרֵס: Last night (2/14/22), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we learned a sequel to last week's pasuk. Whereas last week everyone in the shiur contributed to a UNIFIED approach, this week everyone came up with DIFFERENT a...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:19 - Solitude vs. a Contentious and Provocative Wife (Part 2) טוֹב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר מֵאֵשֶׁת [מִדְיָנִים] (מדונים) וָכָעַס: [Note: the internet connection was bad today; pardon the interruptions in the recording.] This morning (2/14/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued learning the pasuk we started on Thursday...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:19 - Solitude vs. a Contentious and Provocative Wife (Part 1) טוֹב שֶׁבֶת בְּאֶרֶץ מִדְבָּר מֵאֵשֶׁת [מִדְיָנִים] (מדונים) וָכָעַס: This morning (2/10/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began a new pasuk which is similar to a pasuk we learned earlier in the perek (21:9). We ended up developing a really nice idea which answere...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:18 - The Wicked as Atonement/Ransom for the Righteous (Part 3) כֹּפֶר לַצַּדִּיק רָשָׁע וְתַחַת יְשָׁרִים בּוֹגֵד: This morning (2/9/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we spent one more day on our pasuk. First we revisited Saadia Gaon's explanation. Yesterday we were troubled by it, but today we came up with two approaches...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:18 - The Wicked as Atonement/Ransom for the Righteous (Part 2) כֹּפֶר לַצַּדִּיק רָשָׁע וְתַחַת יְשָׁרִים בּוֹגֵד: This morning (2/8/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's pasuk. After our review of yesterday, I summarized the definitions of the key terms, as we've developed them in...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 11:10 - Joy to the City בְּטוּב צַדִּיקִים תַּעֲלֹץ קִרְיָה וּבַאֲבֹד רְשָׁעִים רִנָּה: Yesterday (2/7/22), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we learned yet another pasuk about tzadikim and reshaim. The good news is that our analysis was exceedingly fruitful - in terms of the questions, the ideas, and the methodology. We emerged w...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:18 - The Wicked as Atonement/Ransom for the Righteous (Part 1) כֹּפֶר לַצַּדִּיק רָשָׁע וְתַחַת יְשָׁרִים בּוֹגֵד: This morning (2/7/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning what LOOKED to be an intimidating pasuk - intimidating because literally every term needed to be defined and explained, and intimidating because...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:17 - The True Cost of Partying, Wine, and Oil (Part 2) אִישׁ מַחְסוֹר אֹהֵב שִׂמְחָה אֹהֵב יַיִן וָשֶׁמֶן לֹא יַעֲשִׁיר: Today's (2/3/22) Morning Mishlei shiur was jam-packed! In addition to reviewing the three ideas we developed yesterday, we also learned an additional SIX explanations of our pasuk! This pasuk certainly br...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 21:17 - The True Cost of Partying, Wine, and Oil (Part 1) אִישׁ מַחְסוֹר אֹהֵב שִׂמְחָה אֹהֵב יַיִן וָשֶׁמֶן לֹא יַעֲשִׁיר: And we're back! This morning (2/3/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we resumed our learning of Chapter 21. Today's pasuk was easy to read, but it was surprisingly difficult to figure out the subject...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 26:9 - A Thorn in the Hand of a Drunkard (Part 2) חוֹחַ עָלָה בְיַד שִׁכּוֹר וּמָשָׁל בְּפִי כְסִילִים: This morning (1/13/22), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned the Meiri's commentary on this entire set of pesukim (26:6-9). He offered a number of different interpretations, some of which corresponded to what we had said...