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

Welcome everybody to NachDaily, covering the entire Tanach one perek at a time. Today we’re learning Mishlei, perek 12. The perek opens with the words, “Ohev mussar, ohev da’as, v’soneh tochachas ba’ar - One who loves moral instruction loves knowledge, but one who hates rebuke is a boor.” Accepting constructive criticism can be very difficult for many, as it's not always easy to hear mussar and focus on our shortcomings. Let’s focus for a moment on the person giving the mussar and rebuke. So many times, constructive criticism is given over in the wrong way, which can cause the other person to become defensive and may even exacerbate the problem. Rebbe Nachman compares this to a person poking a bag of excrement. Sometimes the smell has settled but comes out even stronger when poked and prodded. So too, giving rebuke in the wrong way can cause a considerable amount of damage. The inverse is true as well. We all contain a re’ach of Gan Eden, a fragrance of Gan Eden. A person who gives proper mussar and re