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Mishlei 16:21 - How to Become a Navon

January 14, 2025 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss • Season 18 • Episode 6

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Mishlei 16:21 - How to Become a Navon

לַחֲכַם לֵב יִקָּרֵא נָבוֹן, וּמֶתֶק שְׂפָתַיִם יֹסִיף לֶקַח:

Length: 1 hour 22 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (1/13/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, learned a pasuk that was both syntactically awkward and somewhat of a non sequitur. Despite only having a few people in shiur, we managed to come up with some nice approaches. The real shock came when we realized that all three of the "go to" meforshim we learned ended up on the same page with the same takeaway lesson, which is a rarity! I'd tell you what I'm most happy about with this idea, but that would be a spoiler (unless you regard the entire shiur as a spoiler)!
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מקורות:
משלי טז:כא
תרגום רס"ג
מצודת דוד
רבינו יונה
מאירי
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