The Mishlei Podcast

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:20 - Is Music an Effective Remedy? (Part 1) מַעֲדֶה בֶּגֶד בְּיוֹם קָרָה חֹמֶץ עַל נָתֶר וְשָׁר בַּשִּׁרִים עַל לֶב רָע: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/18/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning another "triple comparison pasuk." This one was made difficult by our lack of knowledge about th...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:20 - Crooked Hearts and Reversed Speech עִקֶּשׁ לֵב לֹא יִמְצָא טוֹב וְנֶהְפָּךְ בִּלְשׁוֹנוֹ יִפּוֹל בְּרָעָה: Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Synopsis: This evening (3/16/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up a pasuk that felt simultaneously generic and specific. We came up with good approaches, some complete and some o...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:19 - On Unreliable Teeth, Feet, and Friends (Part 2) שֵׁן רֹעָה וְרֶגֶל מוּעָדֶת מִבְטָח בּוֹגֵד בְּיוֹם צָרָה: Length: 29 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/12/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we did a brief recap of yesterday's approaches, then started learning through the meforshim. First, Immanuel ha'Romi supporte...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:19 - On Unreliable Teeth, Feet, and Friends (Part 1) שֵׁן רֹעָה וְרֶגֶל מוּעָדֶת מִבְטָח בּוֹגֵד בְּיוֹם צָרָה: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/11/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began working on another "straight-up mashal, Anshei Chizkiyahu"-style pasuk. We were a little shaky on the translation at...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:19 - Offense-Lovers, Door-Raisers, and Karens אֹהֵב פֶּשַׁע אֹהֵב מַצָּה מַגְבִּיהַּ פִּתְחוֹ מְבַקֶּשׁ שָׁבֶר: Length: 1 hour 58 minutes Synopsis: This evening (3/9/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up an unusual pasuk that I had never learned before. Despite the weirdness of the pasuk's formlation, we came u...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 28:15 - Lions, Bears, and Despots like Achashveirosh (Part 2) אֲרִי נֹהֵם וְדֹב שׁוֹקֵק מוֹשֵׁל רָשָׁע עַל עַם דָּל: Length: 30 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/26/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing what we covered yesterday. I then shared my own take on the pasuk, which dovetailed nicely with the interpretat...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 28:15 - Lions, Bears, and Despots like Achashveirosh (Part 1) אֲרִי נֹהֵם וְדֹב שׁוֹקֵק מוֹשֵׁל רָשָׁע עַל עַם דָּל: Length: 42 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/25/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we took a break from our perek to learn a pasuk that we hope will shed light on Megilas Esther. On its surface, the pasuk addresses t...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:18 - Before You Agree to Back Up Your Friend ... אָדָם חֲסַר לֵב תּוֹקֵעַ כָּף, עֹרֵב עֲרֻבָּה לִפְנֵי רֵעֵהוּ: Length: 1 hour 27 minutes Synopsis: This evening (2/23/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up a pasuk that, on its surface, seemed overly specific and rather bland. We didn’t even come up with our usual num...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:18 - False Testimony as Weapon(s) (Part 2) מֵפִיץ וְחֶרֶב וְחֵץ שָׁנוּן אִישׁ עֹנֶה בְרֵעֵהוּ עֵד שָׁקֶר: Length: 29 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/19/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's pasuk. After reviewing our questions and approaches, then speculating about a derech nistar (es...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:18 - False Testimony as Weapon(s) (Part 1) מֵפִיץ וְחֶרֶב וְחֵץ שָׁנוּן אִישׁ עֹנֶה בְרֵעֵהוּ עֵד שָׁקֶר: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/18/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning either a pasuk which may be characterized as either a very blunt or a very precise mashal. We raised more questions than...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:17 - Friends vs. Family בְּכׇל עֵת אֹהֵב הָרֵעַ וְאָח לְצָרָה יִוָּלֵד: Length: 1 hour 39 minutes Synopsis: This evening (2/16/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned an interesting pasuk about the difference between the love of friends and the reliability of family. The style of this pasuk was unusual and ... unsettl...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:16-17 - Don't Make Your Friend Vomit (Part 2) (טז) דְּבַשׁ מָצָאתָ אֱכֹל דַּיֶּךָּ פֶּן תִּשְׂבָּעֶנּוּ וַהֲקֵאתוֹ. (יז) הֹקַר רַגְלְךָ מִבֵּית רֵעֶךָ פֶּן יִשְׂבָּעֲךָ וּשְׂנֵאֶךָ: Length: 36 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/12/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing the main approach from yesterday. We d...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:16-17 - Don't Make Your Friend Vomit (Part 1) (טז) דְּבַשׁ מָצָאתָ אֱכֹל דַּיֶּךָּ פֶּן תִּשְׂבָּעֶנּוּ וַהֲקֵאתוֹ. (יז) הֹקַר רַגְלְךָ מִבֵּית רֵעֶךָ פֶּן יִשְׂבָּעֲךָ וּשְׂנֵאֶךָ: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/11/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pair of pesukim that might have been the inspir...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:15 - How to Dupe an Angry Superior (Part 2) בְּאֹרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יְפֻתֶּה קָצִין וְלָשׁוֹן רַכָּה תִּשְׁבׇּר גָּרֶם: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/5/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned through a TON of different meforshim on our pasuk. Some of them took it in similar directions to what we came up with yest...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:15 - How to Dupe an Angry Superior (Part 1) בְּאֹרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יְפֻתֶּה קָצִין וְלָשׁוֹן רַכָּה תִּשְׁבׇּר גָּרֶם: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/4/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that you shouldn't let your boss know that you learned. (I'm only half-joking.) Truth be told, the title...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:16 - The Fool Who Attempts to Buy Chochmah לָמָּה זֶּה מְחִיר בְּיַד כְּסִיל לִקְנוֹת חׇכְמָה וְלֶב אָיִן: Length: 1 hour 53 minutes Synopsis: This evening (2/2/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that was NOT so familiar to me. To my surprise and delight, we came up with close to a DOZEN interpretations!...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:14 - Self-Praise Over a False Gift (Part 2) נְשִׂיאִים וְרוּחַ וְגֶשֶׁם אָיִן אִישׁ מִתְהַלֵּל בְּמַתַּת שָׁקֶר: Length: 30 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/29/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing yesterday's ideas, and then we explored three new approaches from the meforshim. I can't say either of...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:14 - Self-Praise Over a False Gift (Part 1) נְשִׂיאִים וְרוּחַ וְגֶשֶׁם אָיִן אִישׁ מִתְהַלֵּל בְּמַתַּת שָׁקֶר: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/28/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning a "straight-up analogy" pasuk - one I've taught many times before. I'm already happy that we c...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:15 - A Couple of Abominations of Hashem מַצְדִּיק רָשָׁע וּמַרְשִׁיעַ צַדִּיק תּוֹעֲבַת יְיָ גַּם שְׁנֵיהֶם: Length:  Synopsis: This evening (1/26/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that many of our usual commentaries didn't comment on because it was too obvious. A notable exception was the commentar...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:14 - When to Stop Interpersonal Quarrels פּוֹטֵר מַיִם רֵאשִׁית מָדוֹן וְלִפְנֵי הִתְגַּלַּע הָרִיב נְטוֹשׁ: Length: 1 hour 16 minutes Synopsis: This evening (1/19/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk about interpersonal conflict that initially seemed a bit too obvious and direct. Thankfully, we were able t...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:13 - Mishleic Karma מֵשִׁיב רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה, לֹא [תָמוּשׁ] (תמיש) רָעָה מִבֵּיתוֹ: Length: 1 hour 34 minutes Synopsis: This evening (1/12/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we revisited a pasuk that I have taught many times in my high school Mishlei classes. As I had hoped, we not only rediscovered the core ideas I had...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:13 - The Cool Emissary (Part 2) כְּצִנַּת שֶׁלֶג בְּיוֹם קָצִיר, צִיר נֶאֱמָן לְשֹׁלְחָיו וְנֶפֶשׁ אֲדֹנָיו יָשִׁיב: Length: 37 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/8/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began with a quick review of yesterday's approaches, then moved on to the meforshim. We were pleased to see them echo our i...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:13 - The Cool Emissary (Part 1) כְּצִנַּת שֶׁלֶג בְּיוֹם קָצִיר, צִיר נֶאֱמָן לְשֹׁלְחָיו וְנֶפֶשׁ אֲדֹנָיו יָשִׁיב: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/7/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we moved onto a new topic: shlichus! Our pasuk has a weird mashal and is structurally anomalous, but we were able to develop some f...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:12 - Better an Angry Bear Than a Foolish Fool פָּגוֹשׁ דֹּב שַׁכּוּל בְּאִישׁ, וְאַל כְּסִיל בְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ: Length: 1 hour 39 minutes Synopsis: This evening (1/5/26), in our first Monday Night Mishlei shiur of 2026, we learned a pasuk that was simultaneously easy, fun, and chock-full of ideas. It was in this pasuk many years ag...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:12 - Rebuke as Valuable Adornments (Part 2) נֶזֶם זָהָב וַחֲלִי כָתֶם, מוֹכִיחַ חָכָם עַל אֹזֶן שֹׁמָעַת: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/25/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing what we covered yesterday. We found support for one of our approaches in the Ralbag. We then resumed working on Metzud...