Mishlei 3:16-17 – Lishma vs. Lo Lishma w.r.t. Reward & Safety

Right – learn lishma; left – not lishma. Ramban: part of middah k’neged middah is…

Mishlei 3:15 – Value and Necessity of Torah

Torah is the most valuable and most necessary thing. Why bother with a comparison to…

Mishlei 3:13-14 – Chochmo vs. Tevuna

Chochmo, what comes via mesorah, is a metzia. Tevuna – understanding the chochmo via work…

Mishlei 3:12: Tochacha from Love

Mitzvah of tochacha is to love, and be concerned about, the sinner and help him…

Mishlei 3:11 – Accepting Yissurin & Tochacha

Accept yisruin with love, as they were sent. We don’t control anything besides our own…

Mishlei 3:8-9: Teshuva, Yira, Tzedaka

Cheit is spiritual sickness, teshuva is a refuah. Rambam – we get reward for not…

Mishlei 3:7-8 – Indispensability of Mitzvos, Yiras Shomayim

Don’t think that miztvos are a dispensable means to an end if one thinks he…

Mishlei 3:6 – B’chol Derachecha Da’ei’hu

In everything that you perceive (wide / visible, like a derech), do it l’shem Shomayim,…

Mishlei 3:4 – Chein. Bitachon & Hishtadlus.

1) Chein is middah k’neged middah for chessed; is a natural, not supernatural, reaction with…

Mishlei 3:3 – Preoccupation With Chessed Ve’Emmes

Chessed – purely a benefaction; Emmes – repaying a kindness. Lists chessed first since that…