The Mishlei Podcast

Mishlei 14:3 - The Fool's Rod of Ego (Part 1)
 
בְּפִי אֱוִיל חֹטֶר גַּאֲוָה וְשִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים תִּשְׁמוּרֵם:

Length: 47 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/20/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk featuring a strange mashal and a strange juxtaposition of Mishleic qualities. We developed two approaches, both of which appear to have support (ha!) from the meforshim. Tomorrow we'll...

Mishlei 14:2 - The Relationship Between "Uprightness" and Fear of Hashem (Part 2)
 
הוֹלֵךְ בְּיׇשְׁרוֹ יְרֵא י"י, וּנְלוֹז דְּרָכָיו בּוֹזֵהוּ:

Length: 47 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/14/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's ideas and then learned a whopping three more approaches, each of which was radically different from the next! I really liked the ideas in this...

Mishlei 14:2 - The Relationship Between "Uprightness" and Fear of Hashem (Part 1)
 
הוֹלֵךְ בְּיׇשְׁרוֹ יְרֵא י"י, וּנְלוֹז דְּרָכָיו בּוֹזֵהוּ:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/13/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk which appeared to be filled with Mishleic jargon, but ended up being rather straightforward to analyze. We ended up with two beautiful ideas whic...

Mishlei 12:25 - Don't Worry, Be Happy

דְּאָגָה בְלֶב אִישׁ יַשְׁחֶנָּה, וְדָבָר טוֹב יְשַׂמְּחֶנָּה:

Length: 1 hour 26 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (9/11/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned one of the most "Stoic Jew" pesukim in Mishlei (which is already a VERY Stoic Jew sefer). If you've ever experienced worry, anxiety, or stress, this is Mishlei's most direct solution for...

Mishlei 14:1 - How Women Build and Destroy their Own Homes (Part 2)
 
חַכְמוֹת נָשִׁים בָּנְתָה בֵיתָהּ, וְאִוֶּלֶת בְּיָדֶיהָ תֶהֶרְסֶנּוּ:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/7/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's idea, heard two or three more explanations from the guys, and then learned through a bunch of meforshim. We ended up discussing parenting, dating, and other topic...

Mishlei 14:1 - How Women Build and Destroy their Own Homes (Part 1)
 
חַכְמוֹת נָשִׁים בָּנְתָה בֵיתָהּ, וְאִוֶּלֶת בְּיָדֶיהָ תֶהֶרְסֶנּוּ:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/6/23), in our first Morning Mishlei shiur of the 2023-2024 season, we began learning Chapter 14, which is about wise and foolish women. In addition to developing a nice idea in the pasuk, we reviewed a lot of methodology.
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Mishlei 14:16 - Mishleic Wisdom and Foolishness 101

חָכָם יָרֵא וְסָר מֵרָע, וּכְסִיל מִתְעַבֵּר וּבוֹטֵחַ:

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (9/4/23), in our first Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the 2023-2024 season, we did a trial run of my introductory Mishlei pasuk - not a full-on Intro to Mishlei shiur, but the first pasuk I typically teach students who are new to Mishlei. I wanted to assess whet...

Length of audio: 47 minutes
Synopsis: Have you been what I'll be up to this coming year?  Have you heard me allude to a MAJOR update that I said I'd announce about my professional life in the near future? Are you aware of one of these updates, but not the other? Well, if none of this interests you, then by all means, feel free to skip this. But if you are at all curious about my exciting plans for 2023-2024, then here...

Mishlei 12:24 - Mishleic Diligence and its Opposite

יַד חָרוּצִים תִּמְשׁוֹל, וּרְמִיָּה תִּהְיֶה לָמַס:

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (8/14/23), in our last Monday Night Mishlei Shiur until September (NOT until February, as I accidentally said at the end of shiur), we learned a difficult-to-translate pasuk about diligence and its non-intuitive opposite. Despite our smaller-than-usual crowd, we e...

Mishlei 12:23 - The Cunning Concealment of Knowledge

אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת, וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּלֶת:

Length: 1 hour 29 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (8/7/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur (which I decided to give even though I'm sick, since there's no medicine like Mishlei!), we learned a pasuk about when to share your knowledge and when not to. We developed several different approach...

Mishlei 28:14 - Mishlei on the Events of Tishah b'Av

אַשְׁרֵי אָדָם מְפַחֵד תָּמִיד, וּמַקְשֶׁה לִבּוֹ יִפּוֹל בְּרָעָה:

Length: 1 hour 40 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (7/24/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we decided to pause our learning of chapter 12 and learn the pasuk cited by Chazal to explain how the Beis ha'Mikdash was destroyed. The pasuk seemed like it would be relatively straightforwar...

Mishlei 12:22 - Why Hashem Hates Liars and Favors Truth Doers

תּוֹעֲבַת י"י שִׂפְתֵי שָׁקֶר וְעֹשֵׂי אֱמוּנָה רְצוֹנוֹ:

Length: 1 hour 14 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (7/17/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we learned the LAST pasuk in the thematic unit we've been learning about lying and truth-telling. The pasuk was simple to read and the questions were clean - as were the ideas we came up with! ...

Mishlei 12:21 - Righteous Resilience vs. Rasha Reactions

לֹא יְאֻנֶּה לַצַּדִּיק כׇּל אָוֶן וּרְשָׁעִים מָלְאוּ רָע:

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (7/10/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we were down to a skeleton crew, with close to ten of our regulars missing! Still, we persevered, tackling a difficult-to-think-about pasuk and emerging with three or four practical ideas (one, I might add,...

Mishlei 12:20 - Plotters of Evil vs. Advisors of Peace

מִרְמָה בְּלֶב חֹרְשֵׁי רָע וּלְיֹעֲצֵי שָׁלוֹם שִׂמְחָה:

Length:
Synopsis: Tonight (7/3/23), in our Monday Night Mishlei Shiur, we learned a deceptively difficult pasuk - not so much because it was difficult to read or even to answer our questions, but because it was difficult to discern the Mishleic symmetry. Nevertheless, we developed several partial a...

Mishlei 12:19 - The Intrinsically Unstable Nature of Lies

שְׂפַת אֱמֶת תִּכּוֹן לָעַד וְעַד אַרְגִּיעָה לְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר:

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (6/26/23), in our first Monday Night Mishlei Shiur of the summer session, we learned a pasuk that presented itself as quite straightforward ... a little TOO straightforward, or so we initially feared. Thankfully, we ended up developing 5-6 approache...

Mishlei 24:30-34 - How to Learn Mishlei from Anything (BONUS SHIUR)
 
(ל) עַל שְׂדֵה אִישׁ עָצֵל עָבַרְתִּי וְעַל כֶּרֶם אָדָם חֲסַר לֵב. (לא) וְהִנֵּה עָלָה כֻלּוֹ קִמְּשֹׂנִים כָּסּוּ פָנָיו חֲרֻלִּים וְגֶדֶר אֲבָנָיו נֶהֱרָסָה. (לב) וָאֶחֱזֶה אָנֹכִי אָשִׁית לִבִּי רָאִיתִי לָקַחְתִּי מוּסָר.(לג) מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת מְעַט חִבֻּק יָדַיִם לִשְׁכָּב. (לד) וּבָא מִתְהַלֵּךְ רֵישֶׁךָ וּמַחְסֹרֶיךָ כְּאִישׁ מָגֵן:

Mishlei 24:28-29 - Retributive, Unwarranted, Seductive Testimony (Part 2)
 
(כח) אַל תְּהִי עֵד חִנָּם בְּרֵעֶךָ וַהֲפִתִּיתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ.
(כט) אַל תֹּאמַר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לִי כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה לּוֹ אָשִׁיב לָאִישׁ כְּפׇעֳלוֹ.

Length: 44 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (6/6/23), in our final morning Mishlei shiur of the season, we began by reviewing and refining some of the approaches we came up with yesterda...

Mishlei 12:18 - Stabby vs. Salutary Speech

יֵשׁ בּוֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְרוֹת חָרֶב וּלְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים מַרְפֵּא:

Length: 1 hour 44 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (6/6/23), in our last Monday Night Mishlei Shiur of the season, we learned another pasuk about speech - one which was relatively simple to read, but difficult to decode. We came up with a few approaches, the most complete of which was an old interpretation I came ...

Mishlei 24:28-29 - Retributive, Unwarranted, Seductive Testimony (Part 1)
 
(כח) אַל תְּהִי עֵד חִנָּם בְּרֵעֶךָ וַהֲפִתִּיתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ.
(כט) אַל תֹּאמַר כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לִי כֵּן אֶעֱשֶׂה לּוֹ אָשִׁיב לָאִישׁ כְּפׇעֳלוֹ.

Length: 51 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (6/5/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began working on a pair of pesukim which describe an enigmatic scenario. After formulating a litany...