The Mishlei Podcast

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! הוֹן יֹסִיף רֵעִים רַבִּים וְדָל מֵרֵעֵהוּ יִפָּרֵד: This morning (12/24/20 at YBT) we continued our analysis of the pasuk we began yesterday. We found support for both of the approaches we started yesterday. I interjected with a pitch for why the activity of watching movies makes for an excellent supplement to Mishlei, and quoted a scene...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! הוֹן יֹסִיף רֵעִים רַבִּים וְדָל מֵרֵעֵהוּ יִפָּרֵד: This morning (12/23/20 at YBT) we began analyzing the next pasuk in our perek, raising the few questions on this straightforward pasuk and taking a few steps in the direction of a few possible approaches. -------------------- מקורות: משלי יט:ד -------------------- If you have questions,...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תְּסַלֵּף דַּרְכּוֹ וְעַל ה' יִזְעַף לִבּוֹ: This morning (12/22/20 at YBT) we continued working on the pasuk we started yesterday. Like last time, we began with a non-Mishlei Mishlei commentary on the pasuk - this time from the Rambam, in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim 3:12. After reading the second half of that chapter an...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! הוֹלֵךְ בַּתֹּם יֵלֶךְ בֶּטַח, וּמְעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו יִוָּדֵעַ: In our Monday Night Mishlei shiur (12/21/20 with Lomdeha, hosted by YBT) we learned one of those pesukim that looks simple on the surface. Thankfully, using our Mishleic methodology principles and the combined teamwork of our group, we were able to come up with THREE interpret...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תְּסַלֵּף דַּרְכּוֹ וְעַל ה' יִזְעַף לִבּוֹ: This morning (12/21/20 at YBT) we returned to Chapter 19 where we encountered what looks like a very fundamental pasuk - fundamental in understanding Mishleic foolishness, and fundamental in understanding (or, more accurately, not misunderstanding) one's relationship wit...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! נְצֹר בְּנִי מִצְוַת אָבִיךָ וְאַל תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ. קׇשְׁרֵם עַל לִבְּךָ תָמִיד עׇנְדֵם עַל גַּרְגְּרֹתֶךָ. בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ תַּנְחֶה אֹתָךְ בְּשׇׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ וַהֲקִיצוֹתָ הִיא תְשִׂיחֶךָ. כִּי נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֹרָה אוֹר וְדֶרֶךְ חַיִּים תּוֹכְחוֹת מוּסָר. This morning (12/18/20 at YBT), in our shorter-than-usual Mish...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! נְצֹר בְּנִי מִצְוַת אָבִיךָ וְאַל תִּטֹּשׁ תּוֹרַת אִמֶּךָ. קׇשְׁרֵם עַל לִבְּךָ תָמִיד עׇנְדֵם עַל גַּרְגְּרֹתֶךָ. בְּהִתְהַלֶּכְךָ תַּנְחֶה אֹתָךְ בְּשׇׁכְבְּךָ תִּשְׁמֹר עָלֶיךָ וַהֲקִיצוֹתָ הִיא תְשִׂיחֶךָ. כִּי נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֹרָה אוֹר וְדֶרֶךְ חַיִּים תּוֹכְחוֹת מוּסָר. This morning (12/17/20 at YBT), after a week's hiatus, we...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אַל תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים אַל תְּקַנֵּא בָּרְשָׁעִים: כִּי לֹא תִהְיֶה אַחֲרִית לָרָע נֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ: This morning (12/11/20 at YBT) we continued our "Chanukah pesukim" from yesterday. We attempted to refine our understanding of the Rabbeinu Yonah, and got it a LITTLE bit clearer, but not by much. We did, however, find a...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!  אַל תִּתְחַר בַּמְּרֵעִים אַל תְּקַנֵּא בָּרְשָׁעִים:  כִּי לֹא תִהְיֶה אַחֲרִית לָרָע נֵר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ: This morning (12/10/20 at YBT) we decided to take a break from our ordinary Mishlei and take up the pesukim about Chanukah. Obviously there are no pesukim which are ACTUALLY about Chanukah, but there are three pesukim which utili...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! גַּם בְּלֹא דַעַת נֶפֶשׁ לֹא טוֹב וְאָץ בְּרַגְלַיִם חוֹטֵא: In our morning Mishlei shiur (12/9/20 at YBT) we continued working on Mishlei 19:2, starting with a fresh approach. We concluded by reading through both interpretations featured in Rabbeinu Yonah.  -------------------- מקורות: משלי יט:ב תרגום רס"ג - משלי יט:ב רבינו יונה - מש...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! גַּם בְּלֹא דַעַת נֶפֶשׁ לֹא טוֹב וְאָץ בְּרַגְלַיִם חוֹטֵא: In our morning Mishlei shiur (12/8/20 at YBT) we started working on Mishlei 19:2, which is a good example of what I call a "Duh!" pasuk - one which seems so general and obvious on the surface that it didn't even need to be said. But these pesukim also tend to be th...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! חֲכַם לֵב יִקַּח מִצְוֺת וֶאֱוִיל שְׂפָתַיִם יִלָּבֵט: In our Monday Night Mishlei shiur (12/7/20 with Lomdeha, hosted at YBT) we learned a pasuk about mitzvos. One of the central questions was: Which mitzvos? The mitzvos of Hashem in the Torah? The "mitzvos" of Shlomo ha'Melech in Mishlei? "Commandments" from peop...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! טוֹב רָשׁ הוֹלֵךְ בְּתֻמּוֹ, מֵעִקֵּשׁ שְׂפָתָיו וְהוּא כְסִיל: In our morning Mishlei shiur (12/7/20 at YBT) we began Chapter 19 ... not that the chapter numbers really matter, especially according to Rabbeinu Yonah on 19:1. This pasuk was difficult to crack, given its non sequitur nature. Nevertheless, we came up with two ideas: one on t...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אִישׁ רֵעִים לְהִתְרֹעֵעַ וְיֵשׁ אֹהֵב דָּבֵק מֵאָח: In our morning Mishlei shiur (12/3/20 at YBT) we learned Mishlei 18:24 - the last pasuk in our perek! This one was difficult to translate. In a relatively rare occurrence, we ended up concurring with the Malbim's minority opinion on how to read and explain the pasuk. We also learned...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! תַּחֲנוּנִים יְדַבֶּר רָשׁ וְעָשִׁיר יַעֲנֶה עַזּוֹת: In our morning Mishlei shiur (12/2/20 at YBT) we learned Mishlei 18:23. This is a great example of a pasuk which looks like it's about a very particular scenario, but the idea turns out to have a far broader application. -------------------------------------------------------------...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! :בִּשְׂפָתָו יִנָּכֵר שׂוֹנֵא וּבְקִרְבּוֹ יָשִׁית מִרְמָה :כִּי יְחַנֵּן קוֹלוֹ אַל תַּאֲמֶן בּוֹ כִּי שֶׁבַע תּוֹעֵבוֹת בְּלִבּוֹ In our morning Mishlei shiur (12/1/20 at YBT) we learned Mishlei 26:24-25. To be honest, I debated whether to upload this one. Chazal say "the words of Torah are poor in their place and rich in another pl...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! זֵכֶר צַדִּיק לִבְרָכָה, וְשֵׁם רְשָׁעִים יִרְקָב: In our Monday Night Mishlei shiur (11/30/20 with Lomdeha, hosted at YBT) we learned the pasuk which is the source of the famous phrase "zeicher tzadik li'vrachah" (zt"l). We arrived at the main idea by thinking about the pasuk, and then refined our understanding in ligh...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מָצָא אִשָּׁה מָצָא טוֹב וַיָּפֶק רָצוֹן מֵי״י: In our morning Mishlei shiur (11/30/20 at YBT) we learned Mishlei 18:22, which is either about marriage per se, or marriage to an intelligent wife. We worked out one approach for each reading, and concluding with a rather amusing interpretation which connected our pasuk to the two pesukim tha...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אָח נִפְשָׁע מִקִּרְיַת עֹז, [וּמִדְיָנִים] (ומדונים) כִּבְרִיחַ אַרְמוֹן: In our morning Mishlei shiur (11/25/20 at YBT) we revisited Mishlei 18:19, which we learned this past Monday, hoping to refine the idea we got from Rabbeinu Yonah. We learned through the Meiri, both in the nigleh and the nistar, and we dabbled in the Chukah (a.k.a....

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מִפְּרִי פִי אִישׁ תִּשְׂבַּע בִּטְנוֹ, תְּבוּאַת שְׂפָתָיו יִשְׂבָּע: מָוֶת וְחַיִּים בְּיַד לָשׁוֹן, וְאֹהֲבֶיהָ יֹאכַל פִּרְיָהּ: In our morning Mishlei shiur (11/24/20 at YBT) we learned Mishlei 18:20-21 - a pair of pesukim featuring a bizarre and somewhat grotesque allegory. Miraculously, we managed to figure out a good explanation wh...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! בְּרָכוֹת לְרֹאשׁ צַדִּיק וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יְכַסֶּה חָמָס: In our Monday Night Mishlei shiur (11/23/20 with Lomdeha, hosted at YBT) we began by struggling through the translation of 10:6. After the dust settled, and we formulated our questions, the sailing was rather smooth. We got a least two ideas for the pasuk, and discussed a lot of Mis...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Just a quick thought about Mishlei's methodology with (what I hope is) a practical outcome! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss --------------------------------------------------------------------------- מקורות: שיר השירים רבה א:א --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you have que...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! אָח נִפְשָׁע מִקִּרְיַת עֹז [וּמִדְיָנִים] (ומדונים) כִּבְרִיחַ אַרְמוֹן: In our morning Mishlei shiur (11/23/20 at YBT) we tackled the difficult Mishlei 18:19. The upside is that the difficulty caused us to make recourse to the commentaries quicker than we usually do, and we came up with a few ideas with their help. ----------------------...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מִדְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּית הַגּוֹרָל וּבֵין עֲצוּמִים יַפְרִיד: In our morning Mishlei shiur (11/19/20 at YBT) we continued and concluded our analysis of Mishlei 18:18 and came up with an explanation that answers all of our questions. Please feel free to leave your questions, insights, and feedback in the comments! -----------------------------...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! מִדְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּית הַגּוֹרָל וּבֵין עֲצוּמִים יַפְרִיד: In our morning Mishlei shiur (11/18/20 at YBT) we began Mishlei 18:18 which focuses on the use of a lottery to end quarrels. We spent this morning debating the parameters of this method. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...