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Mishlei 26:7 - The Lameness of a Mishleic Fool (Part 2)

דַּלְיוּ שֹׁקַיִם מִפִּסֵּחַ וּמָשָׁל בְּפִי כְסִילִים:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/12/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by testing out two Claude-produced Mishlei-learning enhancers I created: my "Dikduk Breakdown" Claude skill, and a Mishlei review presentation. Both were successful, even though they likely need tweaking. We then dove into the meforshim, learning five approaches, each with its own nuances and practicality. Fruitful second session!
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מקורות:
משלי כו:ז
מצודת ציון/דוד
רלב"ג
ר' משה קמחי
פירוש רס"ג
ר' ששת בן יצחק גרונדי
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Mishlei 26:7 - The Lameness of a Mishleic Fool (Part 1)

דַּלְיוּ שֹׁקַיִם מִפִּסֵּחַ וּמָשָׁל בְּפִי כְסִילִים:

Length: 44 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/11/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning an incredibly difficult-to-translate "riddle" pasuk which may or may not be connected with last week's. We made some nice progress, with an important methodological tangent in the interim. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll see what the meforshim have to say.
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מקורות:
משלי כו:ז
מצודת ציון
תרגום רס"ג
תרגום כתובים
מלבי"ם ביאור המילות
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Mishlei 27:3 - Heavy Stone, Sand, and Foolish Anger

כֹּבֶד אֶבֶן וְנֵטֶל הַחוֹל וְכַעַס אֱוִיל כָּבֵד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶם:

Length: 1 hour 28 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (11/9/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned a "riddle pasuk." This one was accessible but just weird enough in its wording to trigger several avenues of thought. We developed several approaches of our own, then concluded with Metzudas David bolstered by Ralbag on Iyov. In other words, we cracked the riddle and enjoyed the benefits of doing so!
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מקורות:
משלי כה:ג
תרגום רס"ג
שד"ל
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות דעות ב:ג
מצודת ציון/דוד
רלב"ג - איוב ה:ב
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Mishlei 26:6 - Foolish Agents and Their Foolish Senders (Part 2)

מְקַצֶּה רַגְלַיִם חָמָס שֹׁתֶה, שֹׁלֵחַ דְּבָרִים בְּיַד כְּסִיל:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/5/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we reviewed yesterday's approaches, analyzed a new original one, then learned through two groups of meforshim: Metzudas David, Ralbag, and R. Sheishes who took one approach, and R. Zerachiah Chein and Saadia Gaon who took another. Both were interesting and practically insightful, but the latter was the most eye-opening in terms of the scope of Mishleic decision-making. Gonna be thinking about that one for a while!
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מקורות:
משלי כו:ו
מצודת דוד
שד"ל
הואיל משה
רלב"ג
ר' ששת בן יצחק גרונדי
זרחיה חן
פירוש רס"ג
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Mishlei 26:6 - Foolish Agents and Their Foolish Senders (Part 1)

מְקַצֶּה רַגְלַיִם חָמָס שֹׁתֶה, שֹׁלֵחַ דְּבָרִים בְּיַד כְּסִיל:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (11/4/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began another pasuk in the local cluster about ksilim (Mishleic fools). This one is clearly about using a ksil as an agent, but nothing else in the pasuk is clear. Nevertheless, we managed to work out a principal approach and some nice variants. Tomorrow (בג"ה) we'll see what the meforshim have to say.
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מקורות:
משלי כו:ו
מצודת ציון
תרגום רס"ג
תרגום כתובים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר שופטים, הלכות מלכים ומלחמות ז:ד
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Mishlei 27:2 - Let a Stranger Praise you

יְהַלֶּלְךָ זָר וְלֹא פִיךָ, נׇכְרִי וְאַל שְׂפָתֶיךָ:

Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (11/2/26), in our Monday Night Mishlei shiur, we learned another pasuk about praise. Many meforshim connect this to the previous one, but we analyzed it on our own before consulting them. Remarkably, we came up with a variety of nice practical ideas, despite the straightforward and seemingly redundant nature of the pasuk.
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מקורות:
משלי כה:ב
תפסיר לרס"ג
תרגום כתובים
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות יסודי התורה ה:י-יא
דברים ד:ו
מצודת דוד
רלב"ג
אבן כספי
עמנואל הרומי
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Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 4)

(ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה.
(ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (10/29/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of the couplet we started last week. We began by refining our understanding of Immanuel ha'Romi and assessing whether and to what extent he and Metzudas David disagree. We then learned the intriguing and nuanced approach of R. Sheishes ben Yitzchak Gerondi. There was one point we didn't understand which we plan to revisit tomorrow before moving on to other commentaries.
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מקורות:
משלי כו:ד-ה
רש"י - תלמוד בבלי שבת דף ל עמוד ב
מאירי שם
מאירי - משלי כו:ד-ה
רשב"ץ - אבות ב:יד
מדרש משלי
רמב"ם - משנה תורה: ספר המדע, הלכות תלמוד תורה ד:ד-ה
ר"י נחמיאש
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Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 3)

(ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה.
(ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (10/28/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we continued our analysis of the couplet we started last week. We began by refining our understanding of Immanuel ha'Romi and assessing whether and to what extent he and Metzudas David disagree. We then learned the intriguing and nuanced approach of R. Sheishes ben Yitzchak Gerondi. There was one point we didn't understand which we plan to revisit tomorrow before moving on to other commentaries.
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מקורות:
משלי כו:ד-ה
עמנואל הרומי
מצודת דוד
ר' ששת בן יצחק גרונדי - משלי כו:ג-ו,יב
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Mishlei 27:1 - Don't Boast About Tomorrow

אַל תִּתְהַלֵּל בְּיוֹם מָחָר כִּי לֹא תֵדַע מַה יֵּלֶד יוֹם:

Length: 1 hour 49 minutes
Synopsis: This evening (10/26/26), in our first Monday Night Mishlei shiur of the season, we started a new chapter! Because this was our first time in this shiur learning a pasuk from what I call Mishei's Second Core, we began with an overview of what makes chapters 25-29 different from what came before. After that, we took up the first pasuk. My fear was that this would be TOO simple of an idea; people would immediately get the two or three ideas, and we'd be done. Instead, we ended up asking nearly 20 questions, then coming up with 7-8 ideas - some of our own, and some from the meforshim. It was a REALLY great haul, and a wonderful way to kick off the season!
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מקורות:
משלי כה:א,יא
מאירי - משלי כה:יא
משלי כז:א
מצודת ציון/דוד
תפסיר לרס"ג
תרגום כתובים
מלבי"ם
רלב"ג
פירוש רס"ג
ר"י אבן כספי פירוש ראשון
ר' יוסף קמחי
קהלת פרק יא
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות ברכות ט:ה
The Parable of the Farmer
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[NOTE: The audio cuts out for around 3 minutes, from 10ish until 13ish on the recording. Not sure what happened.]

Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 2)

(ד) אַל תַּעַן כְּסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן תִּשְׁוֶה לּוֹ גַם אָתָּה.
(ה) עֲנֵה כְסִיל כְּאִוַּלְתּוֹ פֶּן יִהְיֶה חָכָם בְּעֵינָיו:

Length: 46 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (10/22/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began by reviewing what we covered yesterday and exploring a few other original approaches. We then tackled Chazal's explanation from the Gemara through the eyes of the meforshim who adopt it. It took us a while to figure out a coherent explanation, but we finally got there. We concluded by attempting to understand an original approach by Immanuel ha'Romi. We plan to continue our analysis next week (בג"ה).
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מקורות:
משלי כו:ד-ה
רש"י - תלמוד בבלי שבת דף ל עמוד ב
מצודת דוד
רש"י
עמנואל הרומי
פירוש רס"ג
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The Torah content for the remainder of October has been sponsored by Naomi Schwartz Rothschild, who writes: "My stepmother was nifteres. She was a mother to me for almost 20 years. She called me her daughter. She was always positive and b'simchah. My Ima also helped and then took over my father's (z״l) Partners in Torah when he had difficulty and then couldn't do it all." May the memory of Chava Leah bas Tzivia Rochel be for a blessing.

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