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The Mishlei Podcast

Rabbi Matt Schneeweiss

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

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47:16

Mishlei 25:6-7 - Self-Destructive Self-Promotion...

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2025/11/12

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:6-7 - Self-Destructive Self-Promotion (Part 1) (ו) אַל תִּתְהַדַּר לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ וּבִמְקוֹם גְּדֹלִים אַל תַּעֲמֹד.(ז) כִּי טוֹב אֲמׇר לְךָ עֲלֵה הֵנָּה מֵהַשְׁפִּילְךָ לִפְנֵי נָדִיב אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/12/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning a new genre of Mishlei pesukim which is quite common in Chapters 25-29. I call "straight-up advice." No mashalim, ...

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107:49

Mishlei 17:6 - Mishlei on Intergenerational Pride...

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2025/11/11

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:6 - Mishlei on Intergenerational Pride (and Ibn Kaspi's Rant About Wanting to Have Kids) עֲטֶרֶת זְקֵנִים בְּנֵי בָנִים וְתִפְאֶרֶת בָּנִים אֲבוֹתָם: Length: 1 hour 48 minutes Synopsis: This evening (11/10/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we had a WILD RIDE! The pasuk itself was intriguing, and we came up with some nice ideas. But the real shock of the night was one of the most jaw-dropping commentaries I've ever ...

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30:47

Mishlei 25:4-5 - The Silver Refining...

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2025/11/06

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:4-5 - The Silver Refining Principle/Fallacy (Part 2) (ד) הָגוֹ סִיגִים מִכָּסֶף וַיֵּצֵא לַצֹּרֵף כֶּלִי.(ה) הָגוֹ רָשָׁע לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ וְיִכּוֹן בַּצֶּדֶק כִּסְאוֹ. Length: 30 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/6/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we analyzed the couplet of pesukim we only barely touched yesterday (no thanks to of Mamdani). That, combined with the fact that we only had 30 minutes, prompted me...

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11:06

Mishlei 25:4-5 - The Silver Refining...

The Mishlei Podcast ·

2025/11/05

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:4-5 - The Silver Refining Principle/Fallacy (Part 1) (ד) הָגוֹ סִיגִים מִכָּסֶף וַיֵּצֵא לַצֹּרֵף כֶּלִי.(ה) הָגוֹ רָשָׁע לִפְנֵי מֶלֶךְ וְיִכּוֹן בַּצֶּדֶק כִּסְאוֹ. Length: 10 minutes Synopsis: This morning (11/5/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we only had 10 minutes - since I spent the first 35 minutes giving an impromptu "Mishleic Musings on Mamdani’s Mayoral Mandate" shiur (available at https://rabbischneeweiss.s...

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93:22

Mishlei 17:5 - The Metaphysical Implications of...

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2025/11/04

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:5 - The Metaphysical Implications of Mocking the Poor and Schadenfreude לֹעֵג לָרָשׁ חֵרֵף עֹשֵׂהוּ שָׂמֵחַ לְאֵיד לֹא יִנָּקֶה: Length: 1 hours 32 minutes Synopsis: This evening (11/3/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned an EXTREMELY rich pasuk, overflowing with ideas. After quickly developing our own approaches, we learned through FIVE ideas from the meforshim. So abundant-in-ideas was this pasuk that I'm...

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29:05

Mishlei 25:3 - The Unfathomable Hearts of Kings (Part 2)

The Mishlei Podcast ·

2025/10/30

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:3 - The Unfathomable Hearts of Kings (Part 2) שָׁמַיִם לָרוּם וָאָרֶץ לָעֹמֶק, וְלֵב מְלָכִים אֵין חֵקֶר: Length: 28 minutes Synopsis: This morning (10/30/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we quickly reviewed yesterday's three approaches, which we supplemented and developed with words of the meforshim (and with testimony from a NYS government official). We then learned three NEW approaches from other meforshim. All in a...

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46:34

Mishlei 25:3 - The Unfathomable Hearts of Kings (Part 1)

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2025/10/29

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:3 - The Unfathomable Hearts of Kings (Part 1) שָׁמַיִם לָרוּם וָאָרֶץ לָעֹמֶק, וְלֵב מְלָכִים אֵין חֵקֶר: Length: 46 minutes Synopsis: This morning (10/29/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued with the local cluster of pesukim about kings. Have you ever weighed in on the decision of a world leader? Well, according to Shlomo ha'Melech, maybe you're not qualified! We came up with two of our own approaches to our ...

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102:18

Mishlei 17:4 - What the Evildoer and Man-of-Falsehood...

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2025/10/28

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:4 - What the Evildoer and Man-of-Falsehood Listen To מֵרַע מַקְשִׁיב עַל שְׂפַת אָוֶן, שֶׁקֶר מֵזִין עַל לְשׁוֹן הַוֺּת: Length: 1 hour 42 minutes Synopsis: This evening (10/27/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, nearly every word or phrase in our pasuk was unusual. After we got our bearings and asked all the questions, we came up with several really nice ideas (some of which read more naturally than others) and lear...

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92:05

Mishlei 17:3 - The Crucible of the Heart

The Mishlei Podcast ·

2025/09/30

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:3 - The Crucible of the Heart מַצְרֵף לַכֶּסֶף וְכוּר לַזָּהָב וּבֹחֵן לִבּוֹת יְיָ: Length: 1 hour 31 minutes Synopsis: This evening (9/29/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up another pasuk that formed a core part of my high school curriculum. Like the past two weeks, this made me worried that we wouldn't discover any new ideas. And, like the last two weeks, I was pleasantly surprised! After raising 17 que...

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45:59

Mishlei 25:1-2 - Kavod Elohim vs. Kavod Melachim...

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2025/09/26

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:1-2 - Kavod Elohim vs. Kavod Melachim (Part 2) גַּם אֵלֶּה מִשְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹה אֲשֶׁר הֶעְתִּיקוּ אַנְשֵׁי חִזְקִיָּה מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה: כְּבֹד אֱלֹהִים הַסְתֵּר דָּבָר וּכְבֹד מְלָכִים חֲקֹר דָּבָר: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/26/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued learning the first two pesukim of Mishlei Chapter 25 after a few days off. After reviewing and refining what we came up with last ti...

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47:59

Mishlei 25:2 - Kavod Elohim vs. Kavod Melachim (Part 1)

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2025/09/22

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 25:2 - Kavod Elohim vs. Kavod Melachim (Part 1) כְּבֹד אֱלֹהִים הַסְתֵּר דָּבָר וּכְבֹד מְלָכִים חֲקֹר דָּבָר: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/22/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began a new chapter AND a whole new section of Mishlei! After briefly getting the peshat of the introductory 25:1, we analyzed 25:2, which is stylistically different from most of the Mishlei we've learned over the past 4+ years (a...

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44:46

Mishlei 15:33 - Mishlei's Definition of Yiras Hashem...

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2025/09/18

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:33 - Mishlei's Definition of Yiras Hashem (Part 2) יִרְאַת יְיָ מוּסַר חׇכְמָה וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָה: Length: 44 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/18/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we ended up going in a different direction than I anticipated. As usual, we started with a review of yesterday's findings, adding some points here and there for clarification. We then took another stab at elucidating Metzudas Davi...

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47:26

Mishlei 15:33 - Mishlei's Definition of Yiras Hashem...

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2025/09/17

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:33 - Mishlei's Definition of Yiras Hashem (Part 1) יִרְאַת יְיָ מוּסַר חׇכְמָה וְלִפְנֵי כָבוֹד עֲנָוָה: Length: 47 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/17/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned what I consider to be one of the most important pesukim in Sefer Mishlei. If I had to name the subject of Sefer Mishlei, I'd say it's yiras Hashem (as indicated in 1:7), and our pasuk defines yiras Hashem according to M...

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97:49

Mishlei 17:2 - Intelligent Servant vs. Embarrassing Son

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2025/09/16

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:2 - Intelligent Servant vs. Embarrassing Son עֶבֶד מַשְׂכִּיל יִמְשֹׁל בְּבֵן מֵבִישׁ וּבְתוֹךְ אַחִים יַחֲלֹק נַחֲלָה: Length: 1 hour 42 minutes Synopsis: This evening (9/15/25), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we took up a pasuk that I was worried was too obvious. We ended up raising eighteen (!) question on it, then came up with eight approaches on our own and learned four interpretations from the classical comment...

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30:56

Mishlei 15:32 - The Consequences of Loosening or...

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2025/09/11

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:32 - The Consequences of Loosening or Negating Mussar (Part 2) פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר מוֹאֵס נַפְשׁוֹ וְשׁוֹמֵעַ תּוֹכַחַת קוֹנֶה לֵּב: Length: 30 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/11/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began with a quick review of what we covered yesterday, including a more developed analysis of Ralbag, in which we reviewed some fundamental ideas about why perfection of middos is a prerequisite for perfection ...

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43:28

Mishlei 15:32 - The Consequences of Loosening or...

The Mishlei Podcast ·

2025/09/10

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:32 - The Consequences of Loosening or Negating Mussar (Part 1) פּוֹרֵעַ מוּסָר מוֹאֵס נַפְשׁוֹ וְשׁוֹמֵעַ תּוֹכַחַת קוֹנֶה לֵּב: Length: 43 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/10/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a pasuk that was clearly connected to the theme of the local cluster. On the surface, it seemed obvious, but we soon got a foothold that led to a real chidush in mussar! We then turned to Metzudas Davi...

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103:16

Mishlei 17:1 - A Dry Piece of Bread vs. a House...

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2025/09/09

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 17:1 - A Dry Piece of Bread vs. a House Filled with Meat טוֹב פַּת חֲרֵבָה וְשַׁלְוָה בָהּ, מִבַּיִת מָלֵא זִבְחֵי רִיב: Length: 1 hour 42 minutes Synopsis: This evening (9/8/25), in the first Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the 2025–2026 season, we began Chapter 17. The challenge was that I’ve given so many classes on so many pesukim in this chapter that I knew it would be hard to find chidushim (new ideas) I hadn’t seen bef...

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47:52

Mishlei 15:31 - How Non-Chachamim Can Get Into the...

The Mishlei Podcast ·

2025/09/05

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:31 - How Non-Chachamim Can Get Into the Chachamim Club (Part 2) אֹזֶן שֹׁמַעַת תּוֹכַחַת חַיִּים, בְּקֶרֶב חֲכָמִים תָּלִין: Length: 45 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/5/25), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing the questions and approaches from yesterday, refining some and discarding others. Then we delved into the meforshim, learning a TON of fundamental ideas: from Rabbeinu Yonah, Malbim, Metzudas Dav...

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31:12

Mishlei 15:31 - How Non-Chachamim Can Get Into the...

The Mishlei Podcast ·

2025/09/04

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 15:31 - How Non-Chachamim Can Get Into the Chachamim Club (Part 1) אֹזֶן שֹׁמַעַת תּוֹכַחַת חַיִּים, בְּקֶרֶב חֲכָמִים תָּלִין: Length: 30 minutes Synopsis: This morning (9/4/25), in our first Morning Mishlei shiur of the 2025-2026 yeshiva year, we picked up where we left off in June. This one happens to be a favorite of my rebbi, Rabbi Moskowitz zt"l. Since my schedule this year necessitates a shorter Thursday shiur slot, ...

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61:37

Mishlei 16:1 - From Hashem is the Tongue's Reply...

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2025/07/24

Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text! Mishlei 16:1 - From Hashem is the Tongue's Reply (Part 2) לְאָדָם מַעַרְכֵי לֵב, וּמֵיְיָ מַעֲנֵה לָשׁוֹן: Length: 1 hour 1 minutes Synopsis: This afternoon (7/24/25), we continued our analysis of the pasuk we began yesterday. After a quick review and some elaboration on Saadia Gaon, I shared my interpretation, which we examined through three sources: (1) Meiri’s commentary on Mishlei 10:3, (2) the chapter of Moreh ha’Nevuchim that...

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