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 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 4)
(ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה.
(ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (10/29/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of the couplet we starte...
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Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 3)
(ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה.
(ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (10/28/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of the couplet we starte...
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Mishlei 27:1 - Don't Boast About Tomorrow
אַל תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּי לֹא תֵדַע מַה יֵּלֶד יוֹם:
Length: 1 hour 49 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (10/26/26), in our first Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the season, we started a new chapter! Because this was our first time in this shiur learning a pasuk from what I call Mishei's Second Core, we began wi...
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[NOTE: The audio cuts out for around 3 minutes, from 10ish until 13ish on the recording. Not sure what happened.]
Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 2)
(ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה.
(ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו:
Length: 46 minut...
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Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 1)
(ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה.
(ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו:
Length: 47 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (10/21/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning one of the juiciest pairs of pes...
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Mishlei 26:3 - A Rod for the Back of Fools (Part 2)
שׁוֹט לַסּוּס מֶתֶג לַחֲמוֹר וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו כְּסִילִים:
Length: 45 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/17/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began with a review of yesterday's pasuk and the approaches that were suggested in shiur and a few sent after shiur. We then spent most of our time on the Meiri's su...
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Mishlei 26:3 - A Rod for the Back of Fools (Part 1)
שׁוֹט לַסּוּס מֶתֶג לַחֲמוֹר וְשֵׁבֶט לְגֵו כְּסִילִים:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/16/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began what appears to be a local cluster of pesukim about how to deal with ksilim (Mishleic fools). Today's pasuk seems to be part of a subgenre within Mishlei about...
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Mishlei 26:2 - Avian Metaphors for Gratuitous Curses (Part 2)
כַּצִּפּוֹר לָנוּד כַּדְּרוֹר לָעוּף כֵּן קִלְלַת חִנָּם [לוֹ] (לא) תָבֹא:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/10/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's riddle-pasuk. We began by reviewing what we covered yesterday and soliciting any new approaches or...
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Mishlei 26:2 - Avian Metaphors for Gratuitous Curses (Part 1)
כַּצִּפּוֹר לָנוּד כַּדְּרוֹר לָעוּף כֵּן קִלְלַת חִנָּם [לוֹ] (לא) תָבֹא:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/9/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning the next riddle-pasuk in our perek. We spent more time than usual on the nuances of the Targum and Tafsir, and had a digre...
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Mishlei 26:1 - Meteorological Metaphors for Giving Honor to a Fool Part 2)
כַּשֶּׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ וְכַמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/3/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we took continued our analysis of the first pasuk in Chapter 26. After reviewing the translations, questions, and approaches ...
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Mishlei 26:1 - Meteorological Metaphors for Giving Honor to a Fool Part 1)
כַּשֶּׁלֶג בַּקַּיִץ וְכַמָּטָר בַּקָּצִיר כֵּן לֹא נָאוֶה לִכְסִיל כָּבוֹד:
Length: 47 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (9/3/26), in our first Morning Mishlei shiur of the 2026-2027 season, we took up the first pasuk in Chapter 26, which continues the series of "straight-up mashal" pe...
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Mishlei 25:28 - Are YOU a Breached City Without a Wall? (Part 2)
עִיר פְּרוּצָה אֵין חוֹמָה אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אֵין מַעְצָר לְרוּחוֹ:
Length: 39 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (6/11/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of yesterday's pasuk. After reviewing and refining our understanding of yesterday's main peshat, we spent most of the rest...
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Mishlei 25:28 - Are YOU a Breached City Without a Wall? (Part 1)
עִיר פְּרוּצָה אֵין חוֹמָה אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אֵין מַעְצָר לְרוּחוֹ:
Length: 45 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (6/10/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned another "straight-up mashal" pasuk - and a pristine one, at that! The idea we developed is so good and so fitting that I'd consider using...
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Mishlei 17:28 - How a Fool Can Appear Wise
גַּם אֱוִיל מַחֲרִישׁ חָכָם יֵחָשֵׁב אֹטֵם שְׂפָתָיו נָבוֹן:
Length:
Synopsis: This evening (6/8/26), in our last Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the season, we learned another pasuk about silence - this one seemingly advising a fool how to pass as a chacham or a navon. We raised a ton of questions, developed s...
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Mishlei 25:27 - Mussar for Winnie-the-Pooh (Part 4)
אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא טוֹב, וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד:
Length: 29 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (6/4/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we wrapped up our discussion of this honey-themed pasuk with the Rambam's interpretation in the Moreh ha'Nevuchim, after first briefly discussing the Ralbag's simila...
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Mishlei 25:27 - Mussar for Winnie-the-Pooh (Part 3)
אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא טוֹב, וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (6/3/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued last week's pasuk where we left off: mid-Meiri. We learned through his first derech nistar approach in-depth, which was fantastic, then read through his...
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Mishlei 17:27 - Knowledge, Understanding, and Minimizing Speech
חוֹשֵׂךְ אֲמָרָיו יוֹדֵעַ דָּעַת, (וקר) [יְקַר] רוּחַ אִישׁ תְּבוּנָה:
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (6/1/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we had another "skeleton crew" day with a bunch of regulars absent, but we ALSO had a legendary surprise guest: our "YouTube...
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Mishlei 25:27 - Mussar for Winnie-the-Pooh (Part 2)
אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא טוֹב, וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד:
Length: 29 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/28/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we quickly reviewed yesterday's approach, then learned Saadia Gaon's commentary (which answered a question we raised yesterday) and two approaches from the Meiri. I...
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Mishlei 25:27 - Mussar for Winnie-the-Pooh (Part 1)
אָכֹל דְּבַשׁ הַרְבּוֹת לֹא טוֹב, וְחֵקֶר כְּבֹדָם כָּבוֹד:
Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/27/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a cryptic pasuk about eating too much honey - the second instance of this theme in our perek. We came up with four quite different original approa...
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Mishlei 17:26 - Not Good Punishing a Tzadik
גַּם עֲנוֹשׁ לַצַּדִּיק לֹא טוֹב, לְהַכּוֹת נְדִיבִים עַל יֹשֶׁר:
Length: 1 hour 29 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (5/25/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we unexpectedly had a skeleton crew, with most of our regulars conspicuously absent. But the shiur must go on! We tackled a pasuk I had never learne...
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