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The Mishlei Podcast
My name is Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss, and this is the hub for all of my shiurim (classes) on Sefer Mishlei, a.k.a. The Book of Proverbs! Generally speaking we will follow the approach to Mishlei outlined by Saadia Gaon who views Mishlei as a guide for intelligent decision-making in everyday life with the goal of maximizing long-term pleasure and minimizing long-term pain. Each shiur will typically focus on one pasuk (verse), which we will attempt to analyze on our own before turning to the meforshim (commentators). If you have any questions feel free to email me at rabbischneeweiss at gmail. Thanks for listening!
Episodes
637 episodes
Mishlei 15:33 - Mishlei's Definition of Yiras Hashem (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:33 - Mishlei's Definition of Yiras Hashem (Part 2)יִרְאַת יְיָ מוּסַר חׇכְמָה וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָה: Length: 44 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/18/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we ended up going in a...
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Season 19
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Episode 8
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44:46
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Mishlei 15:33 - Mishlei's Definition of Yiras Hashem (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:33 - Mishlei's Definition of Yiras Hashem (Part 1)יִרְאַת יְיָ מוּסַר חׇכְמָה וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָה: Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/17/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned what I cons...
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Season 19
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Episode 7
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47:26
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Mishlei 17:2 - Intelligent Servant vs. Embarrassing Son
Mishlei 17:2 - Intelligent Servant vs. Embarrassing Sonעֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ וּבְתוֹךְ אַחִים יַחֲלֹק נַחֲלָה:Length: 1 hour 42 minutesSynopsis: This evening (9/15/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, w...
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Season 19
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Episode 6
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1:37:49
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Mishlei 15:32 - The Consequences of Loosening or Negating Mussar (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:32 - The Consequences of Loosening or Negating Mussar (Part 2)פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר מוֹאֵס נַפְשׁוֹ וְשׁוֹמֵעַ תּוֹכַחַת קוֹנֶה לֵּב:Length: 30 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/11/25), in our Morning Mishlei ...
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Season 19
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Episode 5
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30:56
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Mishlei 15:32 - The Consequences of Loosening or Negating Mussar (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:32 - The Consequences of Loosening or Negating Mussar (Part 1)פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר מוֹאֵס נַפְשׁוֹ וְשׁוֹמֵעַ תּוֹכַחַת קוֹנֶה לֵּב:Length: 43 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/10/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we l...
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Season 19
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Episode 4
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43:28
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Mishlei 17:1 - A Dry Piece of Bread vs. a House Filled with Meat
Mishlei 17:1 - A Dry Piece of Bread vs. a House Filled with Meatטוֹב פַּת חֲרֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה בָהּ, מִבַּיִת מָלֵא זִבְחֵי רִיב:Length: 1 hour 42 minutesSynopsis: This evening (9/8/25), in the first Monday Night Mishlei shiur...
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Season 19
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Episode 3
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1:43:16
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Mishlei 15:31 - How Non-Chachamim Can Get Into the Chachamim Club (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:31 - How Non-Chachamim Can Get Into the Chachamim Club (Part 2)אֹזֶן שֹׁמַעַת תּוֹכַחַת חַיִּים, בְּקֶרֶב חֲכָמִים תָּלִין:Length: 45 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/5/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began ...
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Season 19
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Episode 2
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47:52
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Mishlei 15:31 - How Non-Chachamim Can Get Into the Chachamim Club (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:31 - How Non-Chachamim Can Get Into the Chachamim Club (Part 1)אֹזֶן שֹׁמַעַת תּוֹכַחַת חַיִּים, בְּקֶרֶב חֲכָמִים תָּלִין:Length: 30 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/4/25), in our first Morning Mishlei shiur of t...
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Season 19
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Episode 1
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31:12
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Mishlei 16:1 - From Hashem is the Tongue's Reply (Part 2)
Mishlei 16:1 - From Hashem is the Tongue's Reply (Part 2)לְאָדָם מַעַרְכֵי לֵב, וּמֵיְיָ מַעֲנֵה לָשׁוֹן:Length: 1 hour 1 minutesSynopsis: This afternoon (7/24/25), we continued our analysis of the pasuk we began yesterday. Aft...
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Season 18
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Episode 53
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1:01:37
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Mishlei 16:1 - From Hashem is the Tongue's Reply (Part 1)
Mishlei 16:1 - From Hashem is the Tongue's Reply (Part 1)לְאָדָם מַעַרְכֵי לֵב, וּמֵיְיָ מַעֲנֵה לָשׁוֹן:Length: 1 hour 2 minutesSynopsis: This afternoon (7/23/25), in an unexpected plot twist, I was asked to give a two-part SU...
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Season 18
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Episode 52
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Mishlei 15:30 - Happy Hearts and Fat Bones (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:30 - Happy Hearts and Fat Bones (Part 2)מְאוֹר עֵינַיִם יְשַׂמַּח לֵב, שְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה תְּדַשֶּׁן עָצֶם:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (6/12/25), in our last morning Mishlei shiur of the season, we bega...
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Season 18
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Episode 51
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48:32
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Mishlei 15:30 - Happy Hearts and Fat Bones (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:30 - Happy Hearts and Fat Bones (Part 1)מְאוֹר עֵינַיִם יְשַׂמַּח לֵב, שְׁמוּעָה טוֹבָה תְּדַשֶּׁן עָצֶם:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (6/11/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we took up a pasuk which I...
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Season 18
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Episode 50
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46:47
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Mishlei 15:29 - Mishlei's Advice for Getting Your Tefilah Heard (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:29 - Mishlei's Advice for Getting Your Tefilah Heard (Part 2)רָחוֹק יְיָ מֵרְשָׁעִים וּתְפִלַּת צַדִּיקִים יִשְׁמָעLength: 48 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/29/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began with my...
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Season 18
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Episode 49
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49:06
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Mishlei 15:29 - Mishlei's Advice for Getting Your Tefilah Heard (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:29 - Mishlei's Advice for Getting Your Tefilah Heard (Part 1)רָחוֹק יְיָ מֵרְשָׁעִים וּתְפִלַּת צַדִּיקִים יִשְׁמָעLength: 34 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/28/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we took up one o...
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Season 18
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Episode 48
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Mishlei 15:28 - The Utterances of the Tzadik and Rasha (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:28 - The Utterances of the Tzadik and Rasha (Part 2)לֵב צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה לַעֲנוֹת וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יַבִּיעַ רָעוֹת:Length: 44 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/22/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by exami...
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Season 18
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Episode 47
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45:03
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Mishlei 15:28 - The Utterances of the Tzadik and Rasha (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:28 - The Utterances of the Tzadik and Rasha (Part 1)לֵב צַדִּיק יֶהְגֶּה לַעֲנוֹת וּפִי רְשָׁעִים יַבִּיעַ רָעוֹת:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/21/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasu...
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Season 18
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Episode 46
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47:26
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Mishlei 16:33 - Does Hashem Determine Who Wins the Lottery?
Mishlei 16:33 - Does Hashem Determine Who Wins the Lottery?בַּחֵיק יוּטַל אֶת הַגּוֹרָל, וּמֵיְיָ כׇּל מִשְׁפָּטוֹ:Length: 1 hour 18 minutesSynopsis: This evening (5/19/25), in the last Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the 2024...
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Season 18
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Episode 45
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1:26:28
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Mishlei 15:27 - One Who Hates [Qatari] Gifts Will Live (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:27 - One Who Hates [Qatari] Gifts Will Live (Part 2)עֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע, וְשׂוֹנֵא מַתָּנֹת יִחְיֶה:Length: 45 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/15/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began with an adde...
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Season 18
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Episode 44
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45:53
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Mishlei 15:27 - One Who Hates [Qatari] Gifts Will Live (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:27 - One Who Hates [Qatari] Gifts Will Live (Part 1)עֹכֵר בֵּיתוֹ בּוֹצֵעַ בָּצַע, וְשׂוֹנֵא מַתָּנֹת יִחְיֶה:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/14/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a f...
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Season 18
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Episode 43
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44:46
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Mishlei 16:32 - Better Than Strength and the Capture of Cities
Mishlei 16:32 - Better Than Strength and the Capture of Citiesטוֹב אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם מִגִּבּוֹר, וּמֹשֵׁל בְּרוּחוֹ מִלֹּכֵד עִיר:Length: 1 hour 18 minutesSynopsis: This evening (5/12/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we...
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Season 18
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Episode 42
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1:18:34
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Mishlei 15:26 - Abominably Evil Thoughts and Purely Pleasant Statements (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:26 - Abominably Evil Thoughts and Purely Pleasant Statements (Part 2)תּוֹעֲבַת יְ־הֹוָה מַחְשְׁבוֹת רָע וּטְהֹרִים אִמְרֵי נֹעַם:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/8/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we ...
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Season 18
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Episode 41
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46:57
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Mishlei 15:26 - Abominably Evil Thoughts and Purely Pleasant Statements (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:26 - Abominably Evil Thoughts and Purely Pleasant Statements (Part 1)תּוֹעֲבַת יְ־הֹוָה מַחְשְׁבוֹת רָע וּטְהֹרִים אִמְרֵי נֹעַם:Length: 43 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/7/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we ...
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Season 18
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Episode 40
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43:59
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Mishlei 16:31 - How to Earn a Splendorous Hoary Crown
Mishlei 16:31 - How to Earn a Splendorous Hoary Crown עֲטֶרֶת תִּפְאֶרֶת שֵׂיבָה בְּדֶרֶךְ צְדָקָה תִּמָּצֵא:Length: 1 hour 25 minutesSynopsis: This evening (5/5/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned an unusual ...
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Season 18
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Episode 39
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Mishlei 15:25 - Haughty Houses and Helpless Widows (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:25 - Haughty Houses and Helpless Widows (Part 2)בֵּית גֵּאִים יִסַּח יְיָ וְיַצֵּב גְּבוּל אַלְמָנָה:Length: 45 minutesSynopsis: This morning (5/1/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing what we c...
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Season 18
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Episode 38
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46:11
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Mishlei 15:25 - Haughty Houses and Helpless Widows (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:25 - Haughty Houses and Helpless Widows (Part 1)בֵּית גֵּאִים יִסַּח יְיָ וְיַצֵּב גְּבוּל אַלְמָנָה:Length: 44 minutesSynopsis: This morning (4/30/25), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we returned to chapter 15 afte...
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Season 18
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Episode 37
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44:49
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