Avos 3:10-13

10: part of avodas Hashem is being me’urav im habriyos. 12: Rambam (here and Hil.…

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…

Mishlei 2:11 – Torah’s Protection from Aveiros

Your preoccupation with machshevos haTorah will safeguard you. This is true on 2 levels: Rambam…

Mishlei 2:10 Upward Spiral of Learning

Upward chochmo-binah-da’as-chochmo-etc. spiral in talmud Torah. The more chochmo one has, the more sweetness there…

Mishlei 2:9: Derech Meisharim, Middah Beinonis, and Tochacha

Interactions with other people should lean towards Rachamim / tzedek, controlling himself from excessive ta’ava…

Mishlei 2:8: Choosing Good At Every Level

Yetzer hara also manifests in how one understands Torah, i.e. interpret truthfully. HKB”H created the…

Avos 3:8-9

3:8 – R’ Dostai. Rambam (Hil. Talmud Torah 1:8, 1:10-12): learning and knowing the entire…

Mishlei 2:6-7: Applying Tradition Today

2:6 – Person works on chochmo, etc., then HKB”H gives it to him on a…

Mishlei 2:5-6

Genuine yiras Hashem is mechayev in yiras chet.Relationship between chochmo, which is yesh mei’ayin, and…

Avos 3:6-9

R’ Nechunyah ben Hakana: when one accepts Torah, HKB”H sees to it that he will…