Episodes
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
TT4T#845 - The Highest Shuls - 2/10/22
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Thursday Feb 10, 2022
Take Ten for a look at the modern day "Mikdash" that exists in every community and how its construction is of great symbolic and financial importance.
Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brownstein family in memory of Florence Brownstein a"h, Feiga bas Moshe.
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
TT4T#844 - Review - 2/8/22
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
Tuesday Feb 08, 2022
We are taught not only to learn, but of the importance of reviewing our learning. Why the emphasis on review? Take Ten to find out.
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
Monday Feb 07, 2022
TT4T#843 - What is Work? - 2/7/22
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
We learn from multiple sources that constructing the Mishkan was forbidden on Shabbos, but why is it that the construction of the Mishkan actually defines what is forbidden on Shabbat? Take Ten to find out.
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
TT4T#842 - Universal Mishkan - 2/1/22
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
While we might know that the laws of keeping Shabbat are learned from the process of constructing the Mishkan, we might not be aware of the deep similarities that exist between the construction and the actual creation of the world. Take Ten to find out more.
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l |
Monday Jan 31, 2022
TT4T#841 - Happy Months - 1/31/22
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
As we are about to embark on the first of two "happy months" of Adar, what are we supposed to be thinking or doing during these months? Take Ten to find out.
Sponsored by the Kamelhar family in l'ilui nishmat Golda bat Yitzchak.
Friday Jan 28, 2022
TT4T#840 - Religious Tort Law - 1/28/22
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Every society has developed some version of tort law and rules for how people are supposed to manage their mutual affairs. Judaism's version of these laws has a particularly religious flavor. How is this so? Take Ten to find out.
Sponsored l'ilui nishmat Denise bat Chaim.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
TT4T#839 - Lenders - 1/26/22
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
The Torah speaks of the Mitzvah of providing loans to Jews in need. What is this great Mitzvah about? Take Ten to find out.
Sponsored l'ilui nishmat Denise bat Chaim.
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
TT4T#838 - To Catch a Thief - 1/25/22
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
Tuesday Jan 25, 2022
There's a known prohibition regarding stealing and using people's property without permission. What are the rules regarding catching thieves? Take Ten to find out.
This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l
Monday Jan 24, 2022
TT4T#837 - Crowd Control - 1/24/22
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Parashat Mishpatim is the first large collection of laws that were given to the Jews. This Ten looks closely at two of those laws: 1) the prohibition against cursing a leader and 2) the command to follow the majority and argues that each target behavior is related to organizing a society and crowd control. Listen to why, for a fledgling nation, these laws may have been the most important.
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
TT4T#836 - Shabbat All Week - 1/20/22
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
How are we meant to "remember the Shabbat?" Does it mean remembering it on the day? Before the day? Or to take the memories with us? It seems that all are implied. How? Take Ten to find out.
This Ten is sponsored by the Wolf family in memory of Ruth bas Yosef.