Mishlei 24:21-22 - Fear Hashem AND the King (Part 1)
(כא) יְרָא אֶת י"י בְּנִי וָמֶלֶךְ עִם שׁוֹנִים אַל תִּתְעָרָב.
(כב) כִּי פִתְאֹם יָקוּם אֵידָם וּפִיד שְׁנֵיהֶם מִי יוֹדֵעַ.
Length: 45 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (5/15/23), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning the final two pesukim in this section. Every time I see this pasuk, I'm bothered by the juxtaposition of the injunction to fear Hashem with the injunction to fear a human king. To my mind, the litmus test of our interpretation of these pesukim is whether or not we can find a satisfactory answer to that major question. Today we developed a nice idea based on Metzudas David. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll check out the other meforshim.
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מקורות:
משלי כד:כא-כב
מצודת ציון/דוד
רש"י - דברים כט:יח
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה ג:ד
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