Major Mussar Works

Series tagged “Major Mussar Works”

Episodes tagged “Major Mussar Works”

Mishlei 1:9-10: The Big Picture

9: A person ornaments himself through Torah (“roshecha”) and mitzvos (“gargerosecha”), and both are “ohr…

Avos Perek 4:16-19

4:16, Rambam: “…this world is only a pathway to olam habo” , i.e. the antechamber…

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…

Avos 4:13-15: Shem tov, talmidim, makdim b’shalom.

4:13, Rambam: Keser Shem Tov not an independent crown, rather results from keser Torah. The…

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…

Avos 4:14-16: Inseparability of Learning & Teaching

Learning & teaching are inseparable, in 3 dimensions: 1) ikar mitzvah of talmud Torah is…