Mishlei 2:5- Yirah & Chochmo, Binah & Da’as
Relationship between yirah & chochmo.Without the bina – proper understanding – you don’t have the da’as / knowledge. Without the panoramic view of da’as, you don’t have a full bina either. They are two different levels of understanding.
Mishlei 2:4-5: Searching for Torah. Yirah & Chochmo.
Unbounded search for divrei Torah. Bakasha also indicates searching for something that was lost. We’re looking to find that which the malach taught us but we lost.Yiras Hashem is the impetus to pursue chochmo, i.e. learn Torah. But what yirah
Mishlei 2:3: Learning Aloud
Have to learn aloud. Why? When a person speaks he’s more active than just listening, and bina requires the level of cognitive engagement that is achieved learning aloud. Hence tikra -> bina.
Mishlei 2:1-3 Aspects of Torah Learning.
Torah is something one must always, continuously take.Complete understanding requires focus.Understand that which is explicit and implicit.
Mishlei 1:31-33: Spiritual Realities
Sinners will suffer the consequences of their ways. Sin itself has a deleterious effect (not just that one us punished for it after the fact); there is a spiritual-metaphysical cause and effect.A life of Torah & mitzvos is a wonderful
Mishlei 1:29-30: What Sinners Reject
There are 4 things listed so far that sinners have rejected:1) chochmo2) yiras shomayim2) What Torah says is right and advises us on avoiding what’s wrong3) tochachaThe sinners not only didn’t pursue yiras shomayim, it wasn’t even something they deemed
Mishlei 1:28 – Hard Work in Learning
To succeed in learning:1) apply one assiduously to learn. The need for hard work is built in.2) ask HKB”H for siyata d’shmaya in learning.The consequences in this passuk refer to the 3 groups described earlier. Why are their cries not
Mishlei 1:26-27: Punishments of those who Neglect Torah
Describes the punishments for each category of people who neglect Torah. Middah k’neged middah. Imagery of darkness used to described that which befalls those who are seduced by the pleasures of olam hazeh. Mesilas Yesharim also describes olam hazeh as
Avos 3:3-5
3:3-4: In 3, Torah vs emptiness, cynicism, kefirah. Rambam Hil. Tumas Tzora’as 16:10, Hil. Teshuva (3:4), Hil. Teshuva (9:1). A lifestyle of leitzanus becomes a powerful negative force.3:5: All 3 things are appropriate dafka in contexts of avodas Hashem. Doing
Mishlei 1:24-25: Giving and Receiving Rebuke
Have to welcome tochacha for it to be likely to be effective and strike a chord. “Tochacha”, “l’ho’che’ach” means to clarify; the mitzvah is to clarify for the person and help them improve.