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

Hi everyone, and welcome to NachDaily, covering the entire Tanach one perek at a time. In today's class we’ll be discussing Mishlei, perek 9. Shlomo Hamelech opens the perek by describing a feast prepared by a wise woman. She sets up her house, prepares food and invites guests. She uses the time with her guests to teach them words of wisdom and the value of understanding. The well-known first passuk tells us that, “Chochmos bonsa beisa chatzva amudeha shiva - With all forms of wisdom did she build her house; she carved out its seven pillars.” A classic question asked by many of the Meforshim is why the passuk begins with the plural - chochmos - wisdoms, then changes to the singular tense with the very next word, bonsa - to build? An awesome Ramad Walli explains that many of us feel discouraged from obtaining any sort of level in Yiddishkeit, feeling that it's difficult to obtain wisdom and live a life full of purity and kedusha. Shlomo is telling us that the Torah’s wisdom is laid out in front us lik