TakeTen4Torah Daily Torah Podcast

R' Meir Simcha of Dvinsk offered a prescient perspective on the nature and patterns of exile. What are the Jewish people meant to expect in the diaspora? Take Ten to find out. 

 

Pesach Sheni was originally created for those who were not able to bring the Pesach on the appropriate date. What can those who did do it right the first time learn from this make-up? Take Ten to find out. 

While we are in the process of counting from the Korban Omer, we also find ourselves mourning the loss of R' Akiva's students. What is the connection between these two events? Take Ten to find out. 

What does the most famous of rules: "Love your neighbor as yourself" really mean? What sort of behavior does it actually demand? Take Ten to find out.

This Ten is sponsored for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Sheindel bas Devorah.

The Mishna teaches about the preeminent value of silence. To what situations and conversations does it refer? Take Ten to find out.  

This Ten is sponsored for the refuah sheleima of Chaya Sheindel bas Devorah. 

Many have the custom to learn Pirkei Avot during the weeks after Pesach and throughout the summer. Take Ten to learn why this may have been established as our summer Torah curriculum.

The reason for the symbol of Matzah that is given relates to the haste in which we left Egypt. And in that way, it represents our freedom. At the same time, we recite "Ha Lachma Anya," and declare it to be representative of affliction and slavery. Which is it? This Ten resolves this and other Matzah contradictions.

When the Hagadah mentions that we "blunt" the teeth of the wicked child, what does it actually mean? Take Ten to find out.

Many of us have the custom to engage in the ransom of the Afikoman on the seder night. Take Ten to learn the origin of this custom and why, to some, we've been doing it all wrong. 

A close look at the explanations for why we eat matzah at the Seder reveals that there are really two contradictory symbols described. Why is this so? Take Ten to find out.