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