The Mishlei Podcast

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:25 - Haughty Houses and Helpless Widows (Part 1) בֵּית גֵּאִים יִסַּח יְיָ וְיַצֵּב גְּבוּל אַלְמָנָה: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (4/30/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we returned to chapter 15 after nearly a month's break! Of the many questions we raised on this morning's pasuk, the main ones had to...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:30 - Pursed Lips Sink Ships עֹצֶה עֵינָיו לַחְשֹׁב תַּהְפֻּכוֹת קֹרֵץ שְׂפָתָיו כִּלָּה רָעָה: Length: 1 hour 24 minutes Synopsis: This evening (4/28/25), we returned to our Monday Night Mishlei shiur with a small but strong crew! The pasuk had some strange words, but we came up with several nice (and integrated!) approaches on...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:24 - The Maskil's Orach Chayim (Part 2) אֹרַח חַיִּים לְמַעְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּיל לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֹל מָטָּה: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (4/3/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed the approaches from yesterday, then started learning through the meforshim. We began with Rashi (oddly enough), who didn&a...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:24 - The Maskil's Orach Chayim (Part 1) אֹרַח חַיִּים לְמַעְלָה לְמַשְׂכִּיל לְמַעַן סוּר מִשְּׁאוֹל מָטָּה: Length: 43 minutes Synopsis: This morning (4/2/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a new pasuk - one which is more abstract and more fraught with translation-nuance questions than any in recent memor...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:29 - The Enticement of Violence אִישׁ חָמָס יְפַתֶּה רֵעֵהוּ, וְהוֹלִיכוֹ בְּדֶרֶךְ לֹא טוֹב: Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Synopsis: This evening (3/31/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, the pasuk we learned yielded a TON of questions. Thankfully, we were able to come up with a number of different approaches, and learned a cou...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:23 - The Joy/Trap of Hearing Your Own Voice (Part 2) שִׂמְחָה לָאִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה פִיו וְדָבָר בְּעִתּוֹ מַה טּוֹב: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/27/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing yesterday's ideas, adding some examples and methodology points along the way. Then we took up the GINORMO...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:23 - The Joy/Trap of Hearing Your Own Voice (Part 1) שִׂמְחָה לָאִישׁ בְּמַעֲנֵה פִיו וְדָבָר בְּעִתּוֹ מַה טּוֹב: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/26/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk about a phenomenon we've all experienced and witnessed: people loving the sound of their own voice. W...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:28 - The Complainer and the Apple Man (Yes, I Will Call Him That) אִישׁ תַּהְפֻּכוֹת יְשַׁלַּח מָדוֹן, וְנִרְגָּן מַפְרִיד אַלּוּף: Length: 1 hour 38 minutes Synopsis: This evening (3/24/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a VERY difficult pasuk featuring two highly specific Mishleic archetypes which don't ge...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:22 - [Secret] Counsel and Successful Plans (Part 3) הָפֵר מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּאֵין סוֹד וּבְרֹב יוֹעֲצִים תָּקוּם: Length: 49 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/19/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we devoted a third day to the pasuk we began last week! This was partially due to the fact that we didn't even get to the meforshim...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:27 - The Bliyaal Reexamined אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל כֹּרֶה רָעָה וְעַל [שְׂפָתוֹ] (שפתיו) כְּאֵשׁ צָרָבֶת: Length: 1 hour 32 minutes Synopsis: This evening (3/17/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we revisited one of Mishlei’s lesser-known archetypes: the bliyaal. We had been working with a specific translation for the past few y...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:22 - [Secret] Counsel and Successful Plans (Part 2) הָפֵר מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּאֵין סוֹד וּבְרֹב יוֹעֲצִים תָּקוּם: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/13/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we ended up spending the entire shiur reviewing and refining yesterday's ideas, and discussing Mishlei methodology! It was certainly...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:22 - [Secret] Counsel and Successful Plans (Part 1) הָפֵר מַחֲשָׁבוֹת בְּאֵין סוֹד וּבְרֹב יוֹעֲצִים תָּקוּם: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/12/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning a new pasuk about the interplay between counsel and successful or unsuccessful plans. We came up with a variety of vi...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:26 - Toiling Soul Something Something Mouth נֶפֶשׁ עָמֵל עָמְלָה לּוֹ, כִּי⁠ אָכַף עָלָיו פִּיהוּ: Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Synopsis: This evening (3/10/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up one of the most difficult-to-translate pesukim in recent memory! Even after going through several translations and minimalist...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:21 - Mishleic Heartlessness, Understanding, and Happiness (Part 2) אִוֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָה לַחֲסַר⁠ לֵב וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה יְיַשֶּׁר⁠ לָכֶת: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/6/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing yesterday's approaches, but instead of returning to Metzudas David and Rabbeinu Yonah,...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:21 - Mishleic Heartlessness, Understanding, and Happiness (Part 1) אִוֶּלֶת שִׂמְחָה לַחֲסַר⁠ לֵב וְאִישׁ תְּבוּנָה יְיַשֶּׁר⁠ לָכֶת: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (3/5/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began a new pasuk which, on its surface, seemed to lack unity. We came up with some possibilities which we deci...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:25 - How to Avoid the Paths of Death ... Again?! יֵשׁ דֶּרֶךְ יָשָׁר לִפְנֵי⁠ אִישׁ וְאַחֲרִיתָהּ דַּרְכֵי⁠ מָוֶת: Length: 1 hour 20 minutes Synopsis: This evening (3/3/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that seems really obvious AND which I've taught many times in my high school Mishlei classes. For...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:20 - How Wise and Foolish (Adult?) Children Affect their Parents (Part 2) בֵּן חָכָם יְשַׂמַּח אָב וּכְסִיל אָדָם בּוֹזֶה אִמּוֹ: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/27/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing what we covered yesterday. Then we learned through the commentaries of Metzudas David, R'...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:20 - How Wise and Foolish (Adult?) Children Affect their Parents (Part 1) בֵּן חָכָם יְשַׂמַּח אָב וּכְסִיל אָדָם בּוֹזֶה אִמּוֹ: Length: 43 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/26/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began a NEW section in Mishlei (at least, according to R' Sheishes ben Yitzchak). This pasuk bears a striking...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:19 - The Thorn Fenced Way of the Mishleically Lazy (Part 2) דֶּרֶךְ עָצֵל כִּמְשֻׂכַת חָדֶק וְאֹרַח יְשָׁרִים סְלֻלָה: Length: 48 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/20/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began with a quick review and refinement of what we covered yesterday. After a few additional ideas from the group, we delved...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:19 - The Thorn Fenced Way of the Mishleically Lazy Part 1) דֶּרֶךְ עָצֵל כִּמְשֻׂכַת חָדֶק וְאֹרַח יְשָׁרִים סְלֻלָה: Length: 43 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/19/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we revisited one of the most important Mishleic archetypes: the atzel (lazy person). After encountering a surprising degree of di...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:18 - To Stoke or Silence Strife (Part 2) אִישׁ חֵמָה יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן, וְאֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יַשְׁקִיט רִיב: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/13/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we had a different kind of "Mishlei Part 2" shiur than we usually do. I was bothered yesterday by the lack of specificity in our appro...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:18 - To Stoke or Silence Strife (Part 1) אִישׁ חֵמָה יְגָרֶה מָדוֹן, וְאֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם יַשְׁקִיט רִיב: Length: 48 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/12/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began analyzing a new pasuk on what appears to be a new topic. We quickly encountered the challenge that crops up in Mishlei quite often: a s...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:24 - Chochmah as Honeycomb צוּף⁠ דְּבַשׁ אִמְרֵי⁠ נֹעַם, מָתוֹק לַנֶּפֶשׁ וּמַרְפֵּא לָעָצֶם: Length: 1 hour 9 minutes Synopsis: This evening (2/10/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk featuring a curious metaphor. I was actually surprised by how quickly the idea flowed tonight. We came up with a couple of...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:17 - Salad with Love vs. Hate-filled Bull (Part 2) טוֹב אֲרֻחַת יָרָק וְאַהֲבָה שָׁם מִשּׁוֹר אָבוּס וְשִׂנְאָה בוֹ: Length: 48 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/6/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing wand refining what we covered yesterday. We then spent the rest of the time learning the several explanations...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:17 - Salad with Love vs. Hate-filled Bull (Part 1) טוֹב אֲרֻחַת יָרָק וְאַהֲבָה שָׁם מִשּׁוֹר אָבוּס וְשִׂנְאָה בוֹ: Length: 48 minutes Synopsis: This morning (2/5/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning a pasuk which compares two meal scenarios (reminiscent of Mishlei 17:1, one of my favorite "starter pesuki...