The Mishlei Podcast
My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss, and this is the hub for all of my shiurim (classes) on Sefer Mishlei, a.k.a. The Book of Proverbs! Generally speaking we will follow the approach to Mishlei outlined by Saadia Gaon who views Mishlei as a guide for intelligent decision-making in everyday life with the goal of maximizing long-term pleasure and minimizing long-term pain. Each shiur will typically focus on one pasuk (verse), which we will attempt to analyze on our own before turning to the meforshim (commentators). If you have any questions feel free to email me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thanks for listening!
Episodes
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Mishlei 15:30 - Happy Hearts and Fat Bones (Part 2)
מְאוֹר עֵינַיִם יְשַׂמַּח לֵב, שְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה תְּדַשֶּׁן עָצֶם:
Length: 47 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (6/12/25), in our last morning Mishlei shiur of the season, we began by reviewing yesterday's approaches, then delved into the peshat approach given by Rashi (!) and the Rid (!!), supported...
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Mishlei 15:30 - Happy Hearts and Fat Bones (Part 1)
מְאוֹר עֵינַיִם יְשַׂמַּח לֵב, שְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה תְּדַשֶּׁן עָצֶם:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (6/11/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we took up a pasuk which I anticipated to be difficult, due to the unfamiliar (and possibly outdated) references in the pasuk. Fortunately, we were able ...
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Mishlei 15:29 - Mishlei's Advice for Getting Your Tefilah Heard (Part 2)
רָחוֹק יְיָ מֵרְשָׁעִים וּתְפִלַּת צַדִּיקִים יִשְׁמָע
Length: 48 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/29/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began with my own take on the pasuk, which overlapped several of the explanations from yesterday. We then learned some meforshim which ...
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Mishlei 15:29 - Mishlei's Advice for Getting Your Tefilah Heard (Part 1)
רָחוֹק יְיָ מֵרְשָׁעִים וּתְפִלַּת צַדִּיקִים יִשְׁמָע
Length: 34 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/28/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we took up one of only three pesukim in Mishlei that explicitly reference tefilah. The problem with this pasuk is glaring: it seems SUPER ...
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Mishlei 15:28 - The Utterances of the Tzadik and Rasha (Part 2)
לֵב צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה לַעֲנוֹת וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יַבִּיעַ רָעוֹת:
Length: 44 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/22/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by examining a "hot take" translation of our pasuk, which we ended up rejecting. After reviewing the questions and approaches...
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Mishlei 15:28 - The Utterances of the Tzadik and Rasha (Part 1)
לֵב צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה לַעֲנוֹת וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יַבִּיעַ רָעוֹת:
Length: 47 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/21/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that I've never learned before! We spent a longer-than-usual time trying to pin down the most accurate translation, espe...
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Mishlei 16:33 - Does Hashem Determine Who Wins the Lottery?
בַּחֵיק יוּטַל אֶת הַגּוֹרָל, וּמֵיְיָ כׇּל מִשְׁפָּטוֹ:
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (5/19/25), in the last Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the 2024-2025 season, we concluded the 16th perek of Mishlei with a whopper of a pasuk! I was glad to see that I wasn't the only o...
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Mishlei 15:27 - One Who Hates [Qatari] Gifts Will Live (Part 2)
עֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע, וְשׂוֹנֵא מַתָּנֹת יִחְיֶה:
Length: 45 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/15/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began with an addendum to our translation of yesterday's pasuk. We then reviewed the approaches we took yesterday, learning through similar ...
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Mishlei 15:27 - One Who Hates [Qatari] Gifts Will Live (Part 1)
עֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע, וְשׂוֹנֵא מַתָּנֹת יִחְיֶה:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/14/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a famous pasuk. (Well, the second half, anyway.) Not only that, but I'd bet money on the fact that this pasuk applies to curr...
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Mishlei 16:32 - Better Than Strength and the Capture of Cities
טוֹב אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם מִגִּבּוֹר, וּמֹשֵׁל בְּרוּחוֹ מִלֹּכֵד עִיר:
Length: 1 hour 18 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (5/12/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk I have taught many times because it so perfectly embodies Mishlei's fundamental approach to mussar and et...
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Mishlei 15:26 - Abominably Evil Thoughts and Purely Pleasant Statements (Part 2)
תּוֹעֲבַת יְ־הֹוָה מַחְשְׁבוֹת רָע וּטְהֹרִים אִמְרֵי נֹעַם:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/8/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we continued analyzing yesterday's pasuk. Our main focus was on the Malbim's creative read, which led us into a topic in...
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Mishlei 15:26 - Abominably Evil Thoughts and Purely Pleasant Statements (Part 1)
תּוֹעֲבַת יְ־הֹוָה מַחְשְׁבוֹת רָע וּטְהֹרִים אִמְרֵי נֹעַם:
Length: 43 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/7/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk which SOME people thought was obvious. We raised a bunch of questions, came up with several approaches, discuss...
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Mishlei 16:31 - How to Earn a Splendorous Hoary Crown
עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת שֵׂיבָה בְּדֶרֶךְ צְדָקָה תִּמָּצֵא:
Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (5/5/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned an unusual pasuk - unusual both in its structure and in the specificity of its message. Our analysis flowed smoothly, and we came away wit...
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Mishlei 15:25 - Haughty Houses and Helpless Widows (Part 2)
בֵּית גֵּאִים יִסַּח יְיָ וְיַצֵּב גְּבוּל אַלְמָנָה:
Length: 45 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/1/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing what we covered yesterday, with some new facts, observations, and insights sprinkled in. After an attempt at a new original interpretati...
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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 do with the i...
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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 our own, then...
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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't disappo...
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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 memory. After atte...
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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 couple more from...
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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 GINORMOUS Meiri, spa...
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