The Mishlei Podcast

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:23 - The Mind-Mouth Positive Feedback Loop לֵב חָכָם יַשְׂכִּיל פִּיהוּ וְעַל שְׂפָתָיו יֹסִיף לֶקַח: Length: 1 hour 9 minutes Synopsis: This evening (2/3/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk which seemed almost exactly like the one we learned two weeks ago. Much to our delight, we came up with six ideas -...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:16 - Financial Standing and Fear of Hashem (Part 2) טוֹב מְעַט בְּיִרְאַת י"י מֵאוֹצָר רָב וּמְהוּמָה בוֹ: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/30/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing yesterday's ideas and comparing them with meforshim who took similar approaches. I'm glad we spent a go...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:16 - Financial Standing and Fear of Hashem (Part 1) טוֹב מְעַט בְּיִרְאַת י"י מֵאוֹצָר רָב וּמְהוּמָה בוֹ: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/29/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk which clearly has SOMETHING to do with the relationship between yiras Hashem and wealth. Figuring out what it's...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:22 - How Fools Relate to the Fountainhead of Life מְקוֹר חַיִּים שֵׂכֶל בְּעָלָיו וּמוּסַר אֱוִלִים אִוֶּלֶת: Length: 1 hour 23 minutes Synopsis: This evening (1/27/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a surprisingly difficult pasuk about what seems to be the bread and butter of Mishlei: how fools relate to intelli...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:15 - How to Party Constantly (Part 2) כׇּל יְמֵי עָנִי רָעִים, וְטוֹב לֵב מִשְׁתֶּה תָמִיד: Length: 48 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/16/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed the approaches we came up with yesterday, developed one more approach, then got to work on the meforshim. We explored two out of the three &quo...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:15 - How to Party Constantly (Part 1) כׇּל יְמֵי עָנִי רָעִים, וְטוֹב לֵב מִשְׁתֶּה תָמִיד: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/15/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk which, on its surface, seems to provide a strategy for how to experience life as a perpetual party. What this means, how to do it, and w...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:21 - How to Become a Navon לַחֲכַם לֵב יִקָּרֵא נָבוֹן, וּמֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יֹסִיף לֶקַח:   Length: 1 hour 22 minutes Synopsis: This evening (1/13/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that was both syntactically awkward and somewhat of a non sequitur. Despite only having a few people in shiur, we managed to...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:14 - Seeking Knowledge vs. Snacking on Foolishness (Part 2) לֵב נָבוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ דָּעַת [וּפִי] (ופני) כְסִילִים יִרְעֶה אִוֶּלֶת: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/9/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing the excellent approaches people came up with yesterday, supplying examples which clarified and...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:14 - Seeking Knowledge vs. Snacking on Foolishness (Part 1) לֵב נָבוֹן יְבַקֶּשׁ דָּעַת [וּפִי] (ופני) כְסִילִים יִרְעֶה אִוֶּלֶת: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/8/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that seemed obvious in its first half and ... strange and ambiguous in its second half. We came up...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:20 - The Relationship Between Intelligent Planning and Bitachon (Trust in Hashem) מַשְׂכִּיל עַל דָּבָר יִמְצָא טוֹב, וּבוֹטֵחַ בַּי"י אַשְׁרָיו: Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Synopsis: This evening (1/6/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we were down to a skeleton crew - with nearly all of our regulars MIA - but we manage...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:13 - Happy Faces and Sad Hearts (Part 2) לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב פָּנִים, וּבְעַצְּבַת לֵב רוּחַ נְכֵאָה: Length: 30 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/2/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we did a quick review of yesterday's ideas, then - in an unexpected plot twist - learned RASHI! This led to a discussion of what it means to h...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:13 - Happy Faces and Sad Hearts (Part 1) לֵב שָׂמֵחַ יֵיטִב פָּנִים, וּבְעַצְּבַת לֵב רוּחַ נְכֵאָה: Length: 30 minutes Synopsis: This morning (1/1/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning a pasuk which seemed obvious but also didn't indicate any clear context for its application. Despite having a shorter amou...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:12 - The Leitz's Lack of Love for Rebuke (Part 2) לֹא יֶאֱהַב לֵץ הוֹכֵחַ לוֹ, אֶל חֲכָמִים לֹא יֵלֵךְ: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/19/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing yesterday's ideas and coming up with some new approaches. We then delved into the Malbim's commentary her...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:12 - The Leitz's Lack of Love for Rebuke (Part 1) לֹא יֶאֱהַב לֵץ הוֹכֵחַ לוֹ, אֶל חֲכָמִים לֹא יֵלֵךְ: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/18/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning what looked like a VERY obvious pasuk about a familiar Mishleic archetype. Thankfully, the strange litotes (look it up!...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:19 - The Cost of Doing Business with the Haughty טוֹב שְׁפַל רוּחַ אֶת [עֲנָוִים] (עניים) מֵחַלֵּק שָׁלָל אֶת גֵּאִים Length: 1 hour 19 minutes Synopsis: This evening (12/16/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned the sequel to last week's pasuk about arrogance. Instead of warning about BEING haughty, this one wa...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:11 - The Grave, Destruction, and Kal va'Chomer Human Hearts (Part 2) שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן נֶגֶד י"י אַף כִּי לִבּוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/12/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing and refining some of yesterday's approaches. We then learned three approaches f...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:11 - The Grave, Destruction, and Kal va'Chomer Human Hearts (Part 1) שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן נֶגֶד י"י אַף כִּי לִבּוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/11/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a strange pasuk which looks like it belongs in Iyov or Tehilim rather than in Mishlei. We came...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:18 - Pride Goeth Before Breaking and Stumbling לִפְנֵי שֶׁבֶר גָּאוֹן, וְלִפְנֵי כִשָּׁלוֹן גֹּבַהּ רוּחַ: Length: 1 hour 24 minutes Synopsis: This evening (12/9/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned what is probably one of the most oft-quoted well, oft-paraphrased) pesukim in the world. The main thrust was obvious...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:10 - Bad Mussar (Part 2) מוּסָר רָע לְעֹזֵב אֹרַח שׂוֹנֵא תוֹכַחַת יָמוּת: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/5/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we continued learning yesterday's pasuk and encountered a surprising level of difficulty. Metzudas David didn't give us much to work with. Rabbeinu Yonah was clea...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:10 - Bad Mussar (Part 1) מוּסָר רָע לְעֹזֵב אֹרַח שׂוֹנֵא תוֹכַחַת יָמוּת: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (12/4/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning an unusually difficult-to-translate pasuk. It's not uncommon for us to have multiple translations for a given pasuk, but we had SEVEN different ways...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:17 - Mesilas Yesharim According to Mishlei מְסִלַּת יְשָׁרִים סוּר מֵרָע שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ נֹצֵר דַּרְכּוֹ: Length: 1 hour 29 minutes Synopsis: This evening (12/2/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned the pasuk from which the title of the classic mussar work "Mesilas Yesharim" is derived. We had a surprising...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:9 - Hashem's Love and Loathing in Mishlei (Part 2) תּוֹעֲבַת י"י דֶּרֶךְ רָשָׁע וּמְרַדֵּף צְדָקָה יֶאֱהָב: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/28/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we set out to clarify and develop the different approaches we came up with yesterday. I THOUGHT we were going to learn the mefor...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:9 - Hashem's Love and Loathing in Mishlei (Part 1) תּוֹעֲבַת י"י דֶּרֶךְ רָשָׁע וּמְרַדֵּף צְדָקָה יֶאֱהָב: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/27/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning a pasuk which appears to be connected to the previous one, which also speaks of an "abomination of Hash...

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:16 - Forget Gold and Silver; Invest in Chochmah and Binah קְנֹה חׇכְמָה מַה טּוֹב מֵחָרוּץ, וּקְנוֹת בִּינָה נִבְחָר מִכָּסֶף: Length: 1 hour 16 minutes Synopsis: This evening (11/25/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that - unlike the last six pesukim - was NOT about kings! At least, not according to us....

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:15 - The Nature of the King's Favor בְּאוֹר פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ חַיִּים, וּרְצוֹנוֹ כְּעָב מַלְקוֹשׁ: Length: 1 hour 10 minutes Synopsis: This evening (11/18/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned the last pasuk in the local cluster of pesukim about kings. Once again, I was worried that we would have difficulty seeing...