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Mishlei 13:20 - How We're Affected By Our Peers

הוֹלֵךְ אֶת חֲכָמִים יֶחְכָּם וְרֹעֶה כְסִילִים יֵרוֹעַ:

Length: 1 hour 25 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (5/6/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a really nice "starter pasuk" which is perfect for both the newcomer to Mishlei and for seasoned veterans. We came up with three approaches, each of which was further developed with the help of the meforshim, and we came up with plenty of real-world examples for each approach. It's great to be back to our regular Mishlei schedule!
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מקורות:
משלי יג:כ
מצודת ציון/דוד
מלבי"ם
רמב"ם - ספר המצוות: עשה ו,יא
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ו:א
רבינו יונה
מדרש משלי
ר' עובדיה מברטנורא - אבות א:יב
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Mishlei 14:29: The Relationship Between Anger and Understanding (Part 2)

אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם רַב תְּבוּנָה, וּקְצַר רוּחַ מֵרִים אִוֶּלֶת:

Length: 47 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (4/16/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by recapping yesterday's ideas and refining our understanding of Metzudas David. Then we tackled the amazing Rabbeinu Yonah, which was just as good as I remembered it! We concluded with one of my favorite Rambams in the Peirush ha'Mishnayos, plus a tie-in to this week's Monday Night Mishlei pasuk, and even a little Haggadah reference. All in a day's work! This shiur will resume the second week of May (בג"ה).
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מקורות:
משלי יד:כט
מצודת דוד
רבינו יונה
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות ט:ה
ריטב"א - הגדה של פסח: בן רשע
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Mishlei 13:19 - The Psychology of the Pleasure-Seeking Life

תַּאֲוָה נִהְיָה תֶּעֱרַב לְנָפֶשׁ, וְתוֹעֲבַת כְּסִילִים סוּר מֵרָע:

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Synopsis: Last night (4/15/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a difficult-to-translate pasuk which was explicitly about the psychology of pleasure-seeking. Despite the difficutlies, we were rewarded (a) with several of our own interpretations of the pasuk, (b) some fundamental but nuanced insights into psychology from Metzudas David and Rabbeinu Yonah, and (c) a guest appearance by Shadal whose commentary dovetailed nicely with one of the major themes of Pesach!
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מקורות:
משלי יג:יט
תרגום רס"ג
מצודת דוד
רבינו יונה
שד"ל
אברבנאל - אבות ו:ב
ריטב"א - הגדה של פסח, בן רשע
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Mishlei 14:29: The Relationship Between Anger and Understanding (Part 1)

אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם רַב תְּבוּנָה, וּקְצַר רוּחַ מֵרִים אִוֶּלֶת:

Length: 45 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (4/15/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began our analysis of one of my favorite pesukim about anger. We developed a few approaches on our own and concluded by reading Metzudas David. Tomorrow (בג"ה), after a review, we'll learn an AMAZING Rabbeinu Yonah and then see what the other meforshim have to say.
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מקורות:
משלי יד:כט
רס"ג
תרגום כתובים
תרגום השבעים
Robert Alter
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ג
מצודת דוד
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Mishlei 14:28: The Nature of the King's Glory

בְּרׇב עָם הַדְרַת מֶלֶךְ, וּבְאֶפֶס לְאֹם מְחִתַּת רָזוֹן:

Length: 36 minutes (last 9 minutes were spliced off)
Synopsis: This morning (4/11/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began analyzing a pasuk with a famous first half and a difficult-to-translate second half. We came up with some nice ideas, too. Not sure whether a Part 2 of this shiur will be fortcoming or whether this is it for now.

Note: for some weird reason, Zoom split the recording, resulting in the last 9 minutes being made into a separate file. Since I don't know the first thing about video editing, and since the last 9 minutes didn't contain any earth-shattering insights, I'm not even going to upload it. If someone wants to volunteer to stitch the two recordings together, they can let me know and i'll send them the files.
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מקורות:
משלי יד:כח
תרגום רס"ג
מצודת ציון/דוד
מאירי
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The Torah content from now through Pesach has been sponsored by the Koffsky family, in loving memory of Adira (a"h), who loved big ideas and asking big questions.
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Mishlei 14:26-27: The Benefits of Mishleic Fear of Hashem (Part 2)

בְּיִרְאַת י"י מִבְטַח עֹז, וּלְבָנָיו יִהְיֶה מַחְסֶה:
יִרְאַת י"י מְקוֹר חַיִּים לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָוֶת:

Length: 44 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (4/5/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's pesukim and ideas, and then learned the meforshim. Turns out, Rabbeinu Yonah took a similar approach to us. We gleaned insights from the Meiri and Malbim as well. Didn't quite crack the Metzudas David, though. Still, fundamental ideas, as predicted!
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מקורות:
משלי יד:כו-כז
מצודת דוד
רבינו יונה
מאירי
מלבי"ם
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Mishlei 14:26-27: The Benefits of Mishleic Fear of Hashem (Part 1)

בְּיִרְאַת י"י מִבְטַח עֹז, וּלְבָנָיו יִהְיֶה מַחְסֶה:
יִרְאַת י"י מְקוֹר חַיִּים לָסוּר מִמֹּקְשֵׁי מָוֶת:

Length: 41 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (4/3/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned two pesukim - on account of the small size of the shiur and because the two pesukim are clearly related. We came up with nice approaches for both and started working on the Metzudas David. Tomorrow we'll see what the meforshim have to say (בג"ה).
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מקורות:
משלי יד:כו-כז
תרגום כתובים
מצודת דוד
משלי א:ז; כ-לג; טו:לג; לא:ל
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If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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Mishlei 13:18 - Nuanced Ways to Reject Mussar

רֵישׁ וְקָלוֹן פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר וְשֹׁמֵר תּוֹכַחַת יְכֻבָּד:

Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Synopsis: Tonight (4/1/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk which seemed like one of those "Shlomo ha'Melecch reached into a bag filled with Mishlei words and randomly picked seven of them to make into a pasuk" pesukim. I had my doubts about what we might learn, but we ended up learning five nuanced ideas about mussar and tochachah! I'm pleased with our haul, and I have a feeling that these ideas will stick with me ... at least, if I implement the pasuk properly!
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מקורות:
משלי יג:יח
מצודת ציון/דוד
מאירי
מלבי"ם - ביאור הענין
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Once upon a time, there was a podcast called The Stoic Jew. Its creator made episodes every weekday for the entirety of its first year. The frequency switched to weekly, then monthly, until eventually, the flow trickled to a stop. I know I'm not the only one who has missed this podcast and would like it to continue. I have a modest goal for getting it going again: one episode each week for the month of April. For starters. If you, too, were a fan of TSJ and are willing to be a sponsor, I have a feeling that a sponsorship might provide just the right measure of accountability to help me get the podcast back on its feet.
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If you've gained from what you've learned here, please consider contributing to my Patreon at www.patreon.com/rabbischneeweiss. Alternatively, if you would like to make a direct contribution to the "Rabbi Schneeweiss Torah Content Fund," my Venmo is @Matt-Schneeweiss, and my Zelle and PayPal are mattschneeweiss at gmail. Even a small contribution goes a long way to covering the costs of my podcasts, and will provide me with the financial freedom to produce even more Torah content for you.
If you would like to sponsor a day's or a week's worth of content, or if you are interested in enlisting my services as a teacher or tutor, you can reach me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thank you to my listeners for listening, thank you to my readers for reading, and thank you to my supporters for supporting my efforts to make Torah ideas available and accessible to everyone.
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"The Mishlei Podcast": mishlei.buzzsprout.com
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