Nachdaily: 5 Minute Perek Of Tanach Covering The Entire Navi. Sefer Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Melachim, Yeshaya, Yirmiya, Ye

Shlomo Hamelech opens this perek by contrasting the wise with the foolish. Wise people listen to their parents’ advice, while fools despise it. A person with wisdom is careful not to hurt others with words, while a fool uses words to be self-promoting and tear others down. One who is lazy has many desires that never get fulfilled, while one who is diligent, with steady work habits, flourishes. Many obtain money but still feel as if they have nothing, while others are poor but feel wealthy. Passuk 9 says: “Ore Tzaddikim yismach, v’ner R’shaim yidach - the light of the righteous will rejoice, but the lamp of the wicked will die out.” Rabbenu Yona explains that the nefesh, soul of the Tzadik is compared to light. Both the soul and light are eternal and will exist forever. As the light of the sun is intrinsic to the sun itself, the nefesh of the Tzadik is intrinsically bound up in Hashem and receives its light from the Source of life itself, God. As the soul of the Tzadik is bound up with God, it's able to