Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 1)

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Mishlei 26:4-5 - To Answer or Not to Answer a Fool According to His Foolishness (Part 1)

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

Length: 47 minutes
Synopsis: This morning (10/21/26), in our Morning Mishlei shiur, we began learning one of the juiciest pairs of pesukim in the entire sefer - the pair that nearly got Sefer Mishlei "banned"! If you ever interact with fools, whether in real life or on the internet / social media, then these pesukim are critical. In this first session, we took our time with the translation and questions, then developed one nuanced approach. I look forward to continuing our analysis tomorrow (בג"ה), and perhaps even next week!
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מקורות:
משלי כו:ד-ה
תלמוד בבלי שבת דף ל עמוד ב
מצודת ציון
רס"ג - תפסיר
הערות הרב קאפח
נוה שלום
תרגום כתובים
משלי כב:יג
רמב"ם - פירוש המשניות: סנהדרין - הקדמה לפרק חלק
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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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