Mesilas Yesharim Explained with Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker
Sep 22, 2026 · 15 min · 8 segments
In two short sessions a week Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker will elucidate and bring to life the eternal words of the Mesilas Yesharim. Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker is the Rosh Yeshivah of Shapell's / Yeshivas…
Dovid SchoonmakerHostWhat is T'ipul and T'irdah? T'ipul like involvement here there's like um the way it's used in modern hebrews like harassment but doesn't really mean harass means like you know very strong involvement like in modern hebrew we use the word for someone who takes care of someone else that's a nice word it's a softer word fizzy though other types of like is used like harassment doesn't mean harass but it means When you're when I'm when I have a people means I'm involved in something I'm a top out with something in Nice way, etc.
Tears is more woods like a bother a worry a concern the people and I tear the fire diviner me him Lamala he be owed Adam Tarut been Yanni Olam Oh when a person is involved in his world and This is such an eloquent line and such an important line.
When a person is tarut, that involvement that your seichel, again, not really harassment, but your seichel is taken up with.
Now, What are we talking about here? We're talking about the mutter world, right? We're not talking about Averis here.
We're talking about involvement and things you need to be involved in, home repair, et cetera.
But when a person lets those things take over too much, even though they're mutter and he's starting with something that is, can take over your mind to the extent that you can't focus on other things which are so important.
What is T'ipul and T'irdah? T'ipul like involvement here there's like um the way it's used in modern hebrews like harassment but doesn't really mean harass means like you know very strong involvement like in modern hebrew we use the word for someone who takes care of someone else that's a nice word it's a softer word fizzy though other types of like is used like harassment doesn't mean harass but it means When you're when I'm when I have a people means I'm involved in something I'm a top out with something in Nice way, etc.
Tears is more woods like a bother a worry a concern the people and I tear the fire diviner me him Lamala he be owed Adam Tarut been Yanni Olam Oh when a person is involved in his world and This is such an eloquent line and such an important line.
When a person is tarut, that involvement that your seichel, again, not really harassment, but your seichel is taken up with.
Now, What are we talking about here? We're talking about the mutter world, right? We're not talking about Averis here.
We're talking about involvement and things you need to be involved in, home repair, et cetera.
But when a person lets those things take over too much, even though they're mutter and he's starting with something that is, can take over your mind to the extent that you can't focus on other things which are so important.
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