Sometimes best way to grasp what’s wrong with something is to see what happens in…
Podcast: Gra on Mishlei
Mishlei 1:11 – Categories of Yetzer Hara. Associating with Wrongdoers.
Two categories of yetzer hara – desire and anger – which all yetzer haras fit…
Mishlei 1:9-10: The Big Picture
9: A person ornaments himself through Torah (“roshecha”) and mitzvos (“gargerosecha”), and both are “ohr…
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…
Mishlei 1:1: Shlomo Hamelech’s Credentials
Gr”a comments on 1:1, “Shlomo ben Dovid, Melech Yisroel”: Mishlei is 3 seforim, the first…
Mishlei 1:1-2: Contexnt and Goal of Sefer Mishlei
Having a sense of what a sefer is about and seeking to accomplish is essential…