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Mishlei 16:27 - The Bliyaal Reexamined

March 17, 2025 • Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss • Season 18 • Episode 28

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Mishlei 16:27 - The Bliyaal Reexamined

אִישׁ בְּלִיַּעַל כֹּרֶה רָעָה וְעַל [שְׂפָתוֹ] (שפתיו) כְּאֵשׁ צָרָבֶת:

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (3/17/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we revisited one of Mishlei’s lesser-known archetypes: the bliyaal. We had been working with a specific translation for the past few years but discovered a couple more tonight. To our surprise, these turned out to be more unified than they initially seemed. We developed a few ideas of our own and explored a couple more from the meforshim. More work remains to fully comprehend this elusive Mishleic character, but analyses like this advance our understanding.
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מקורות:
משלי טז:כז
ר' יוסף קמחי (חוקה)
מצודת ציון - שמלי ו:יב; טז:כז
תרגום רס"ג
מצודת דוד
רבינו יונה
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