Two categories of yetzer hara – desire and anger – which all yetzer haras fit…
Podcast: Divrei Hashkafa by Rav Mayer Twersky
Mishlei 1:9-10: The Big Picture
9: A person ornaments himself through Torah (“roshecha”) and mitzvos (“gargerosecha”), and both are “ohr…
Urgency to Change. Dangers of Superficiality.
The prospect of the end of the pandemic should instill within us a sense of…
Avos Perek 4:16-19
4:16, Rambam: “…this world is only a pathway to olam habo” , i.e. the antechamber…
Mishlei 1:7-8: Ingredients Needed for Spiritual Success
Pessukim 7-8 list off Torah, mitzvos aseh, and mitzvos lo sa’aseh. These 3 correspond to…
Mishlei 1:8: Why Use a Mashal?
What’s accomplished by speaking in mesholim? To help us understand the point. Another reason to…
Yiras Hashem is Required to Acquire Chochmo u’Mussar
Yirah is the beginning / foundation of da’as. Only one who has Yiras Hashem can…
Mishlei 1:2: Chochmo and/vs. Mussar
What’s the essential defining quality of Mishlei? that’s what passuk 2 tells us. Chochmo allows…
The Power of Speech
Torah teaches us about koach hadibbur. On the natural level: speech 1) can be persuasive…
Avos 4:13-15: Shem tov, talmidim, makdim b’shalom.
4:13, Rambam: Keser Shem Tov not an independent crown, rather results from keser Torah. The…