Two categories of yetzer hara – desire and anger – which all yetzer haras fit…
Podcast: Divrei Hashkafa by Rav Mayer Twersky
Urgency to Change. Dangers of Superficiality.
The prospect of the end of the pandemic should instill within us a sense of…
Mishlei 1:9-10: The Big Picture
9: A person ornaments himself through Torah (“roshecha”) and mitzvos (“gargerosecha”), and both are “ohr…
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…