Mishlei Perek 22

I hope you’re all doing well today. Welcome to another episode of NachDaily with Mishlei Perek 22. The chapter opens with the words “ Nivchar shem me’osher rav, mikesef u’mizahav chein tov. Ashear varash nifgashu, oseh kulam Hashem - Better a good name than a great fortune, a pleasing demeanor than silver and gold. Rich and poor meet - God makes them all.” The Ibn Ezra and Metsudos explain that a person should not look up to a rich person and look down at a poor person because even the most intelligent people aren't in control of their financial stature. Wealthy and poor in a sense both “meet” the same fate which God decreed for them. But a “good name” and someone who is pleasant to be around are considered to have true riches because they are in our hands to attain. Alternatively, the Gemara in Temurah 16a says that the words rich and poor meet refers to a Talmid Chochom who doesn't want to teach a simple person. In the end Hashem will make the Talmid Chochom poor and the simpleton rich. Verse 6 is a very famous passuk about chinuch: it says “Chanoch lana’ar al pi darcho, gam ki yazkin lo yassur mimena - train the youth according to his way and even when he grows old he won't swerve from the path.” The introduction of the Chovos Hatalmidim by the Piazecna Rebbe explains this passuk at length. It is priceless, and necessary for parents or anyone in education to learn! Education, behavior modification, and Chinuch are all 3 completely different things, he says. Education and b