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

I hope that everyone is doing well today. Welcome to NachDaily, covering the entire Tanach one perek at time. Today we’re starting Mishlei, perek aleph. Before we begin, it should be noted that there are many Hebrew words for wisdom and understanding. I’m hoping that through these classes the subtle meanings of these words will be explained. At times I will clarify what these words signify, but often I will be using words like “wisdom” and “understanding” in a more general and broad sense. The perek opens with Shlomo’s purpose in writing Mishlei, which was to make known the words of the wise. Intelligent people will be able to bring their wisdom to the next level of understanding, while the simple person will be able to gain knowledge and direction on how to live life. The ultimate purpose of the Sefer is to help us attain proper yiras Shamayim, fear of Heaven, thereby bringing us closer to Hashem. When we understand that everything in this world is a metaphor for our relationship with Hashem, we wil