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Mishlei 2:21 – Yesharim and Temimim

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

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

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

“Iyov”:Teshuva must address bein adam lachaveiro as well.1) Can’t be on a higher level in…

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

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

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

Mishna 13Nedarim are bad if the person is trying to define an ideal different than…

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

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