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
553 episodes
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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47:43
Mishlei 16:11 - Hashem's Scales of Justice
Mishlei 16:11 - Hashem's Scales of Justiceפֶּלֶס וּמֹאזְנֵי מִשְׁפָּט לַי"י, מַעֲשֵׂהוּ כׇּל אַבְנֵי כִיס:Length: 1 hour 29 minutesSynopsis: This evening (10/7/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a difficult p...
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1:27:33
Mishlei 16:10 - The Charm on the King's Lips
Mishlei 16:10 - The Charm on the King's Lipsקֶסֶם עַל שִׂפְתֵי מֶלֶךְ, בְּמִשְׁפָּט לֹא יִמְעַל פִּיו:Length: 1 hour 37 minutesSynopsis: This evening (9/30/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up a VERY strange pa...
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1:38:33
Mishlei 15:4 - How Speech Can Vitalize or Break a Spirit (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:4 - How Speech Can Vitalize or Break a Spirit (Part 2)מַרְפֵּא לָשׁוֹן עֵץ חַיִּים, וְסֶלֶף בָּהּ שֶׁבֶר בְּרוּחַ:Length: 48 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/26/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by revie...
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49:21
Mishlei 15:4 - How Speech Can Vitalize or Break a Spirit (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:4 - How Speech Can Vitalize or Break a Spirit (Part 1)מַרְפֵּא לָשׁוֹן עֵץ חַיִּים, וְסֶלֶף בָּהּ שֶׁבֶר בְּרוּחַ:Length: 45 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/25/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began analyzin...
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46:23
Mishlei 16:9 - Man Plans and Hashem ... Prepares Footsteps?
Mishlei 16:9 - Man Plans and Hashem ... Prepares Footsteps?לֵב אָדָם יְחַשֵּׁב דַּרְכּוֹ וַי"י יָכִין צַעֲדוֹ:Length: 1 hour 39 minutesSynopsis: This evening (9/23/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we ended up having a...
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1:42:16
Mishlei 15:3 - Hashem's Super-Vision (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:3 - Hashem's Super-Vision (Part 2)בְּכׇל מָקוֹם עֵינֵי י"י צֹפוֹת רָעִים וְטוֹבִים:Length: 49 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/19/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by raising a problem we missed yesterda...
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47:29
Mishlei 15:3 - Hashem's Super-Vision (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:3 - Hashem's Super-Vision (Part 1)בְּכׇל מָקוֹם עֵינֵי י"י צֹפוֹת רָעִים וְטוֹבִים:Length: 49 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/18/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a pasuk which sounds VERY non-...
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46:29
Mishlei 16:8 - The Superiority of Small-Scale Tzedakah
Mishlei 16:8 - The Superiority of Small-Scale Tzedakahטוֹב מְעַט בִּצְדָקָה, מֵרֹב תְּבוּאוֹת בְּלֹא מִשְׁפָּט:Length: 1 hour 39 minutesSynopsis: This evening (9/16/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up concise ...
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Season 16
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Episode 11
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1:39:57
Mishlei 15:2 - The Knowledge-Enhancing Speech of Chachamim and the Babbling of Fools (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:2 - The Knowledge-Enhancing Speech of Chachamim and the Babbling of Fools (Part 2)לְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים תֵּיטִיב דָּעַת וּפִי כְסִילִים יַבִּיעַ אִוֶּלֶת:Length: 44 minutesSynopsis: This past Friday morning (9/14/24), ...
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45:18
Mishlei 15:2 - The Knowledge-Enhancing Speech of Chachamim and the Babbling of Fools (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:2 - The Knowledge-Enhancing Speech of Chachamim and the Babbling of Fools (Part 1)לְשׁוֹן חֲכָמִים תֵּיטִיב דָּעַת וּפִי כְסִילִים יַבִּיעַ אִוֶּלֶת:Length: 49 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/12/24), in our morni...
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Season 16
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Episode 9
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49:48
Mishlei 16:7 - How to Recruit Hashem to Make Your Enemies Be At Peace With You
Mishlei 16:7 - How to Recruit Hashem to Make Your Enemies Be At Peace With Youבִּרְצוֹת י"י דַּרְכֵי אִישׁ, גַּם אוֹיְבָיו יַשְׁלִם אִתּוֹ:Length: 1 hour 33 minutesSynopsis: This evening (9/9/24), in our first Monday Night M...
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Season 16
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Episode 8
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1:34:13
Mishlei 15:1 - Responding to Wrath (Part 2)
Mishlei 15:1 - Responding to Wrath (Part 2)מַעֲנֶה רַּךְ יָשִׁיב חֵמָה, וּדְבַר עֶצֶב יַעֲלֶה אָף:Length: 47 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/5/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed what we did yesterday and develop...
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Season 16
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Episode 7
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47:36
Mishlei 15:1 - Responding to Wrath (Part 1)
Mishlei 15:1 - Responding to Wrath (Part 1)מַעֲנֶה רַּךְ יָשִׁיב חֵמָה, וּדְבַר עֶצֶב יַעֲלֶה אָף:Length: 29 minutesSynopsis: This morning (9/4/24), in our first morning Mishlei shiur of the 2024-2025 season, we began the 15...
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Season 16
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Episode 6
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30:29
Mishlei 16:6 - Attaining Atonement the Mishleic Way
Mishlei 16:6 - Attaining Atonement the Mishleic Wayבְּחֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יְכֻפַּר עָוֺן וּבְיִרְאַת י"י סוּר מֵרָע:Length: 1 hour 34 minutesSynopsis: This evening (8/5/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur before a month-long hi...
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Season 16
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Episode 5
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1:35:20
Mishlei 16:5 - Hashem Hates Haughty Hearts
Mishlei 16:5 - Hashem Hates Haughty Heartsתּוֹעֲבַת י"י כׇּל גְּבַהּ לֵב יָד לְיָד לֹא יִנָּקֶה:Length: 1 hour 19 minutesSynopsis: This evening (7/29/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we analyzed a pasuk that condemned...
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Season 16
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Episode 4
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1:20:03
Mishlei 16:4 - The Rasha's Purpose
Mishlei 16:4 - The Rasha's Purposeכֹּל פָּעַל י"י לַמַּעֲנֵהוּ, וְגַם רָשָׁע לְיוֹם רָעָה:Length: 1 hour 20 minutesSynopsis: This evening (7/15/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we - another small summer crew - analyze...
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Season 16
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Episode 3
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1:20:40
Mishlei 16:3 - How to Achieve Your Goal [to Hashem All Your Actions]
Mishlei 16:3 - How to Achieve Your Goal [to Hashem All Your Actions]גֹּל אֶל י"י מַעֲשֶׂיךָ וְיִכֹּנוּ מַחְשְׁבֹתֶיךָ:Length: 1 hour 34 minutesSynopsis: This evening (7/8/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we - a small ...
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Season 16
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Episode 2
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1:21:30
Mishlei 16:2 - [The Inability to] Know Thyself
Mishlei 16:2 - [The Inability to] Know Thyselfכׇּל דַּרְכֵי אִישׁ זַךְ בְּעֵינָיו וְתֹכֵן רוּחוֹת י"י:Length: 1 hour 36 minutesSynopsis: This evening (7/1/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we began a new perek! This pa...
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Season 16
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Episode 1
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1:34:41
Mishlei 13:25 - How Tzadikim and Resha'im Eat
Mishlei 13:25 - How Tzadikim and Resha'im Eatצַדִּיק אֹכֵל לְשֹׂבַע נַפְשׁוֹ, וּבֶטֶן רְשָׁעִים תֶּחְסָר:Length: 1 hour 36 minutesSynopsis: This evening (6/24/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned the final pasu...
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Season 15
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Episode 18
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1:37:09
Mishlei 14:35 - How to Be a Successful Subordinate (Part 2)
Mishlei 14:35 - How to Be a Successful Subordinate (Part 2)רְצוֹן מֶלֶךְ לְעֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל, וְעֶבְרָתוֹ תִּהְיֶה מֵבִישׁ:Length: 48 minutesSynopsis: This morning (6/20/24), in our last morning Mishlei shiur of the 2023-2024...
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Season 15
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Episode 17
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49:16
Mishlei 14:35 - How to Be a Successful Subordinate (Part 1)
Mishlei 14:35 - How to Be a Successful Subordinate (Part 1)רְצוֹן מֶלֶךְ לְעֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל, וְעֶבְרָתוֹ תִּהְיֶה מֵבִישׁ:Length: 48 minutesSynopsis: This morning (6/19/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning th...
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Season 15
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Episode 16
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48:58
Mishlei 13:24 - Spare the Rod, Hate the Child
Mishlei 13:24 - Spare the Rod, Hate the Childחוֹשֵׂךְ שִׁבְטוֹ שׂוֹנֵא בְנוֹ, וְאֹהֲבוֹ שִׁחֲרוֹ מוּסָר:Length: 1 hour 41 minutesSynopsis: Tonight (6/17/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we analyzed what LOOKED like it...
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Season 15
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Episode 15
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1:41:59
Mishlei 14:34 - Mishlei on National Tzedakah and Chesed (Part 2)
Mishlei 14:34 - Mishlei on National Tzedakah and Chesed (Part 2)צְדָקָה תְרוֹמֵם גּוֹי וְחֶסֶד לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (6/6/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing and refi...
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Season 15
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Episode 14
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47:38
Mishlei 14:34 - Mishlei on National Tzedakah and Chesed (Part 1)
Mishlei 14:34 - Mishlei on National Tzedakah and Chesed (Part 1)צְדָקָה תְרוֹמֵם גּוֹי וְחֶסֶד לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת:Length: 46 minutesSynopsis: This morning (6/5/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk about CHESE...
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Season 15
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Episode 13
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54:37