Mishlei 3:1-2: Blessings from Involvement in Torah & Mitzvos

Should always be involved with, and therefore conscious of, Torah. When one pulls back from…

Mishlei 2:21 – Yesharim and Temimim

Yesharim: insightful people who can strategize. Temimim: not strategists. To go outside the middle is…

Mishlei 2:20 – Good Road and Righteous Path

Torah will put the person on the good path. A bad path has two fallouts…

Mishlei 2:19 – Inverse Relationship Between Pursuit of Chemda and Torah

A person who resolves to fulfill his tayvas compromises his ability and capacity to appreciate…

Mishlei 2:18 – The Impacts of Forsaking Torah

One who excessively pursues money / material things forsakes life (Torah = life), makes Torah…

Mishlei 2:17 – Living on a Different Level

Wealth etc. is something external / extrinsic, which will never provide the satisfaction and self-fulfillment…

Mishlei 2:16 – Tayva & Chemda

Tayva is desire for physical pleasure, chemda is for things that don’t create physical pleasure,…

Mishlei 2:14 – Habits are Internalized

People outwardly bad vs. pretending they’re giving good advice but are really giving bad advice.…

Mishlei 2:13 – Derech Yosher, Middah Beinonis

Derech yosher is the middah beinonis / memutzeh. How does yosher connote derech memutzeh? Going…

Mishlei 2:12: Torah Saves One From Both Obvious and Deceptive Evil

Yetzer Hara of Ta’ava and ka’as. Bad that masquerades as good is worse than bad…