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Mishlei 16:15 - The Nature of the King's Favor

בְּאוֹר פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ חַיִּים, וּרְצוֹנוֹ כְּעָב מַלְקוֹשׁ:

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (11/18/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned the last pasuk in the local cluster of pesukim about kings. Once again, I was worried that we would have difficulty seeing past the cliche surface level - and once again, we did! We ended up with several really nice approaches from the group and the meforshim, most of which had wider applicability than some of the other pesukim about kings. Next week we begin a new topic!
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מקורות:
משלי טז:טו
מצודת ציון/דוד
רבינו יונה
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תשובה י:ב
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Mishlei 15:8 - Tefilah and Korbanos in Mishlei?! (Part 2)

זֶבַח רְשָׁעִים תּוֹעֲבַת י"י וּתְפִלַּת יְשָׁרִים רְצוֹנוֹ:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/14/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we turned to the meforshim. We encountered some nice ideas, but also found that their approaches overlapped to the extent that it was difficult to tell where one distinct idea ended and another one began. By the end, we pulled together a couple of takeaways. All in all, this was a nice pasuk - though I only realize now that we never addressed the question of what this is doing in Mishlei.
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מקורות:
משלי טו:ח
פירוש רס"ג
מצודת דוד
הואיל משה
רבינו יונה
רלב"ג
מלבי"ם
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Mishlei 15:8 - Tefilah and Korbanos in Mishlei?! (Part 1)

זֶבַח רְשָׁעִים תּוֹעֲבַת י"י וּתְפִלַּת יְשָׁרִים רְצוֹנוֹ:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/13/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began working on a pasuk which looks like it belongs in Tehilim or the Neviim more than in Mishlei. We worked on one approach, then set it aside to review Rabbeinu Yonah's definition of "yashar." Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll attempt our own analysis again before turning to the meforshim.
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מקורות:
משלי טו:ח
תרגום רס"ג
תרגום כתובים
רבינו יונה - משלי יא:ג
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Mishlei 16:14 - Calming an Angry King

חֲמַת מֶלֶךְ מַלְאֲכֵי מָוֶת, וְאִישׁ חָכָם יְכַפְּרֶנָּה:

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (11/11/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned another pasuk about kings. This one also seemed simple, but we ended up stumbling upon some surprising approaches - especially when we saw meforshim who applied this pasuk to the King of kings! And, not surprisingly - given the recent election - we were able to apply it to our upcoming 47th president as well.
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מקורות:
משלי טז:יד
מצודת ציון/דוד
תרגום רס"ג
רב ששת בן יצחק גרונדי
רבינו יונה
מלבי"ם
רד"ק - בראשית כ:ו
רמב"ם - מורה הנבוכים ג:נב
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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 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/7/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed and refined yesterday's approaches, which translated יזרו as "spread" or "scatter." Today we focused on two other translations: "winnow" and "crown." Not only did we come up with some nice ideas, but we unwittingly stumbled upon a Grand Theory of how Mishlei uses terms for speech (e.g. lips, mouth, tongue, etc.). I'm happy with the ideas we learned from this pasuk, but even happier about that Grand Theory!
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מקורות:
משלי טו:ז
רש"י
ר"י אבן כספי - פירוש ב
פירוש רס"ג
מצודת ציון/דוד
רבינו יונה
מאירי
מלבי"ם
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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 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/6/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we learned a "classic" sounding Mishlei pasuk about chachamim, ksilim, speech, and knowledge. The pasuk proved to be surprisingly rich in questions and we developed three approaches based on one of the two translations. Tomorrow, we'll see if we come up with our own approaches based on the other translation, and then we'll delve into the meforshim.
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מקורות:
משלי טו:ז
מצודת ציון
תרגום רס"ג
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Mishlei 16:13 - The Kind of Speaker (that Should Be) Favored by Kings

רְצוֹן מְלָכִים שִׂפְתֵי צֶדֶק, וְדֹבֵר יְשָׁרִים יֶאֱהָב:

Length: 1 hour 20 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (11/4/24), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned another pasuk about kings. I was a little worried because so many of our go-to meforshim had such little to say, but we ended up developing some nice approaches on our own and we learned a few from the meforshim. Despite being about kings, all the ideas we came up with were widely applicable to our daily lives.
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מקורות:
משלי טז:יג
תרגום רס"ג
תרגום כתובים
מצודת דוד
רבינו יונה
רב ששת בן יצחק גרונדי
רלב"ג
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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 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (10/31/24), in our morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing, clarifying, and developing some of the approaches we took yesterday. We then learned three new approaches from the meforshim: R' Sheshes ben Yitzchak Gerondi (our newly published friend!), Rabbeinu Yonah, and the Meiri's derech nistar. Great yield, as usual!
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מקורות:
משלי טו:ו
הואיל משה - משלי טו:ו; ב:יח
מיוחס לראב"ע
ר' ששת בן יצחק גרונדי
רבינו יונה
תלמוד בבלי כתובות דף סו עמוד ב
מאירי
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