Your preoccupation with machshevos haTorah will safeguard you. This is true on 2 levels: Rambam…
Podcast: Divrei Hashkafa by Rav Mayer Twersky
Mishlei 2:10 Upward Spiral of Learning
Upward chochmo-binah-da’as-chochmo-etc. spiral in talmud Torah. The more chochmo one has, the more sweetness there…
Mishlei 2:9: Derech Meisharim, Middah Beinonis, and Tochacha
Interactions with other people should lean towards Rachamim / tzedek, controlling himself from excessive ta’ava…
Emunah Must be Shared
We see from many sources that emunah must be shared. Why?1) ahavas Hashem2) One aspect…
Mishlei 2:8: Choosing Good At Every Level
Yetzer hara also manifests in how one understands Torah, i.e. interpret truthfully. HKB”H created the…
Avos 3:8-9
3:8 – R’ Dostai. Rambam (Hil. Talmud Torah 1:8, 1:10-12): learning and knowing the entire…
Mishlei 2:6-7: Applying Tradition Today
2:6 – Person works on chochmo, etc., then HKB”H gives it to him on a…
Mishlei 2:5-6
Genuine yiras Hashem is mechayev in yiras chet.Relationship between chochmo, which is yesh mei’ayin, and…
Derech Beinonis: The Need for Balance
Rambam Hilchos Dei’os: Derech Beinonis is derech hayashara and is derech Hashem. Rambam says it…
Avos 3:6-9
R’ Nechunyah ben Hakana: when one accepts Torah, HKB”H sees to it that he will…