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
576 episodes
Mishlei 15:12 - The Leitz's Lack of Love for Rebuke (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:12 - The Leitz's Lack of Love for Rebuke (Part 2)לֹא יֶאֱהַב לֵץ הוֹכֵחַ לוֹ, אֶל חֲכָמִים לֹא יֵלֵךְ:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (12/19/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing yester...
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Season 17
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Episode 21
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46:28
Mishlei 15:12 - The Leitz's Lack of Love for Rebuke (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:12 - The Leitz's Lack of Love for Rebuke (Part 1)לֹא יֶאֱהַב לֵץ הוֹכֵחַ לוֹ, אֶל חֲכָמִים לֹא יֵלֵךְ:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (12/18/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning what looke...
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Season 17
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Episode 20
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46:58
Mishlei 16:19 - The Cost of Doing Business with the Haughty
Mishlei 16:19 - The Cost of Doing Business with the Haughtyטוֹב שְׁפַל רוּחַ אֶת [עֲנָוִים] (עניים) מֵחַלֵּק שָׁלָל אֶת גֵּאִיםLength: 1 hour 19 minutesSynopsis: This evening (12/16/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we...
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Season 17
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Episode 19
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1:19:43
Mishlei 15:11 - The Grave, Destruction, and Kal va'Chomer Human Hearts (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:11 - The Grave, Destruction, and Kal va'Chomer Human Hearts (Part 2)שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן נֶגֶד י"י אַף כִּי לִבּוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (12/12/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we...
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Season 17
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Episode 18
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46:26
Mishlei 15:11 - The Grave, Destruction, and Kal va'Chomer Human Hearts (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:11 - The Grave, Destruction, and Kal va'Chomer Human Hearts (Part 1)שְׁאוֹל וַאֲבַדּוֹן נֶגֶד י"י אַף כִּי לִבּוֹת בְּנֵי אָדָם:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (12/11/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we...
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Season 17
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Episode 17
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46:59
Mishlei 16:18 - Pride Goeth Before Breaking and Stumbling
Mishlei 16:18 - Pride Goeth Before Breaking and Stumblingלִפְנֵי שֶׁבֶר גָּאוֹן, וְלִפְנֵי כִשָּׁלוֹן גֹּבַהּ רוּחַ:Length: 1 hour 24 minutesSynopsis: This evening (12/9/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned wha...
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Season 17
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Episode 16
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1:24:49
Mishlei 15:10 - Bad Mussar (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:10 - Bad Mussar (Part 2)מוּסָר רָע לְעֹזֵב אֹרַח שׂוֹנֵא תוֹכַחַת יָמוּת:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (12/5/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we continued learning yesterday's pasuk and encountered a ...
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Season 17
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Episode 15
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48:20
Mishlei 15:10 - Bad Mussar (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:10 - Bad Mussar (Part 1)מוּסָר רָע לְעֹזֵב אֹרַח שׂוֹנֵא תוֹכַחַת יָמוּת:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (12/4/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning an unusually difficult-to-translate pasu...
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Season 17
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Episode 14
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45:44
Mishlei 16:17 - Mesilas Yesharim According to Mishlei
Mishlei 16:17 - Mesilas Yesharim According to Mishleiמְסִלַּת יְשָׁרִים סוּר מֵרָע שֹׁמֵר נַפְשׁוֹ נֹצֵר דַּרְכּוֹ:Length: 1 hour 29 minutesSynopsis: This evening (12/2/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned the ...
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Season 17
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Episode 13
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1:30:21
Mishlei 15:9 - Hashem's Love and Loathing in Mishlei (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:9 - Hashem's Love and Loathing in Mishlei (Part 2)תּוֹעֲבַת י"י דֶּרֶךְ רָשָׁע וּמְרַדֵּף צְדָקָה יֶאֱהָב:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (11/28/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we set out to clarify an...
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Season 17
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Episode 12
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48:28
Mishlei 15:9 - Hashem's Love and Loathing in Mishlei (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:9 - Hashem's Love and Loathing in Mishlei (Part 1)תּוֹעֲבַת י"י דֶּרֶךְ רָשָׁע וּמְרַדֵּף צְדָקָה יֶאֱהָב:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (11/27/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we started learning a pa...
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Season 17
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Episode 11
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44:12
Mishlei 16:16 - Forget Gold and Silver; Invest in Chochmah and Binah
Mishlei 16:16 - Forget Gold and Silver; Invest in Chochmah and Binahקְנֹה חׇכְמָה מַה טּוֹב מֵחָרוּץ, וּקְנוֹת בִּינָה נִבְחָר מִכָּסֶף:Length: 1 hour 16 minutesSynopsis: This evening (11/25/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei ...
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Season 17
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Episode 10
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1:17:06
Mishlei 16:15 - The Nature of the King's Favor
Mishlei 16:15 - The Nature of the King's Favorבְּאוֹר פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ חַיִּים, וּרְצוֹנוֹ כְּעָב מַלְקוֹשׁ:Length: 1 hour 10 minutesSynopsis: This evening (11/18/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned the last pasu...
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Season 17
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Episode 9
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1:10:31
Mishlei 15:8 - Tefilah and Korbanos in Mishlei?! (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:8 - Tefilah and Korbanos in Mishlei?! (Part 2)זֶבַח רְשָׁעִים תּוֹעֲבַת י"י וּתְפִלַּת יְשָׁרִים רְצוֹנוֹ:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (11/14/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we turned to the meforsh...
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Season 17
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Episode 8
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45:01
Mishlei 15:8 - Tefilah and Korbanos in Mishlei?! (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:8 - Tefilah and Korbanos in Mishlei?! (Part 1)זֶבַח רְשָׁעִים תּוֹעֲבַת י"י וּתְפִלַּת יְשָׁרִים רְצוֹנוֹ:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (11/13/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began working on a pa...
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Season 17
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Episode 7
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46:45
Mishlei 16:14 - Calming an Angry King
Mishlei 16:14 - Calming an Angry Kingחֲמַת מֶלֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי מָוֶת, וְאִישׁ חָכָם יְכַפְּרֶנָּה:Length: 1 hour 28 minutesSynopsis: This evening (11/11/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned another pasuk about kin...
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Season 17
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Episode 6
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1:28:23
Mishlei 15:7 - The Lips of the Wise vs. the Heart of Fools (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:7 - The Lips of the Wise vs. the Heart of Fools (Part 2)שִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים יְזָרוּ דָעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים לֹא כֵן:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (11/7/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed and re...
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Season 17
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Episode 5
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47:52
Mishlei 15:7 - The Lips of the Wise vs. the Heart of Fools (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:7 - The Lips of the Wise vs. the Heart of Fools (Part 1)שִׂפְתֵי חֲכָמִים יְזָרוּ דָעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים לֹא כֵן:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (11/6/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a "clas...
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Season 17
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Episode 4
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47:29
Mishlei 16:13 - The Kind of Speaker (that Should Be) Favored by Kings
Mishlei 16:13 - The Kind of Speaker (that Should Be) Favored by Kingsרְצוֹן מְלָכִים שִׂפְתֵי צֶדֶק, וְדֹבֵר יְשָׁרִים יֶאֱהָב:Length: 1 hour 20 minutesSynopsis: This evening (11/4/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we ...
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Season 17
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Episode 3
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1:21:17
Mishlei 15:6 - The Blight of the Rasha in the Bayis and the Sadeh (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:6 - The Blight of the Rasha in the Bayis and the Sadeh (Part 2)בֵּית צַדִּיק חֹסֶן רָב וּבִתְבוּאַת רָשָׁע נֶעְכָּרֶת:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (10/31/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by ...
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Season 17
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Episode 2
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47:07
Mishlei 15:6 - The Blight of the Rasha in the Bayis and the Sadeh (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:6 - The Blight of the Rasha in the Bayis and the Sadeh (Part 1)בֵּית צַדִּיק חֹסֶן רָב וּבִתְבוּאַת רָשָׁע נֶעְכָּרֶת:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (10/30/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began lea...
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Season 17
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Episode 1
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49:02
Mishlei 16:12 - Why Kings Should Abhor Acts of Wickedness
Mishlei 16:12 - Why Kings Should Abhor Acts of Wickednessתּוֹעֲבַת מְלָכִים עֲשׂוֹת רֶשַׁע, כִּי בִצְדָקָה יִכּוֹן כִּסֵּא:Length: 1 hour 30 minutesSynopsis: This evening (10/14/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we lea...
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1:31:10
Mishlei 15:5 - Holding Mussar in Contempt and With Cunning (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:5 - Holding Mussar in Contempt and With Cunning (Part 2)אֱוִיל יִנְאַץ מוּסַר אָבִיו וְשֹׁמֵר תּוֹכַחַת יַעְרִים:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (10/10/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yeste...
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47:41
Mishlei 15:5 - Holding Mussar in Contempt and With Cunning (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:5 - Holding Mussar in Contempt and With Cunning (Part 1)אֱוִיל יִנְאַץ מוּסַר אָבִיו וְשֹׁמֵר תּוֹכַחַת יַעְרִים:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (10/9/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned what in...
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47:35