Episodios

  • Well-Grounded (6.6.41)

    Well-Grounded (6.6.41)
    Jul 22 2024
    What is our relationship with our studies? For some (many?) studying Torah is very important. It is a great priority. But is it the permanent fixture of a person’s life? That designation is applied to the few. In this way to wisdom, we learn about the transformative nature of rendering Torah study the primary focus […]
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    19 m
  • Truth and Peace (6.6.40)

    Truth and Peace (6.6.40)
    Jul 15 2024
    Truth and peace are often incompatible. A peaceful solution to a problem is often not truthful; unvarnished truth is rarely diplomatic. In way number 40 to acquire wisdom we learn how we must deploy truth and peace in the right manner, in the right fashion, to the right person, at the right time – and […]
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    31 m
  • Judging Favorably (6.6.39)

    Judging Favorably (6.6.39)
    Jul 8 2024
    Not everyone is a saint. In fact, the verse testifies that there is no righteous person in the land who does only good and never sins. So everyone is a sinner, to one degree or another. How ought we relate to sinners? What do we do when we see people behaving in an inappropriate fashion? […]
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    21 m
  • Bearing the Burden (6.6.38)

    Bearing the Burden (6.6.38)
    Jul 1 2024
    Everyone is going through something. Everyone has difficulties in life. That is the human condition. It is also all by design. But we are instructed to empathize with others in whatever challenge they may be undergoing. We are supposed to help them bear their burden. We are supposed to identify with their pain, validate it, […]
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    30 m
  • Unenthusiastic Judgment (6.6.37)

    Unenthusiastic Judgment (6.6.37)
    Jun 17 2024
    There was a need to render halachic rulings. Sometimes there was uncertainty and there’s a need to have a halachic decisor render a ruling. But what is the attitude necessary for a halachic arbiter? In way to wisdom #37 we learned that he is not supposed to be enthusiastic and eager to render rulings. – […]
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    27 m
  • Swelled Heart (6.6.36)

    Swelled Heart (6.6.36)
    Jun 10 2024
    It is a mark of Torah ignorance to be content with the degree of Torah study that you have. It is broader than the land and deeper than the sea. Torah is effectively infinite. To have a swelled heart – to feel supremely confident in your knowledge – is both foolish and counterproductive. – – […]
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    28 m
  • Aversion to Honor (6.6.35)

    Aversion to Honor (6.6.35)
    May 27 2024
    Honor is a funny thing. It yields no tangible, discernible, sensory benefit to the recipient, yet it is so highly coveted and desired. We all want respect. We all want others to look up to us and to admire us. Our standing in the eyes of others matters greatly to us. In way to wisdom […]
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    37 m
  • Loving Rebuke (6.6.34)

    Loving Rebuke (6.6.34)
    May 8 2024
    No one likes criticism. To receive criticism is painful. To be told what we did wrong stings. We bristle at the notion that we are flawed and imperfect. The mere knowledge of the existence of our shortcomings causes us discomfort. But receiving criticism is actually highly productive. It’s a good thing. It is very beneficial […]
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    35 m