TakeTen4Torah Daily Torah Podcast

TT4T#837 - Crowd Control - 1/24/22

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.

TT4T#836 - Shabbat All Week - 1/20/22

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.

 

TT4T#835 - Shabbat Delight - 1/18/22

We know all the prohibitions that restrict what a person can do on Shabbat, but what is the best way to spend your Shabbat? 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

TT4T#834 - Our Four Children - 1/6/22

The Torah refers to four conversational encounters we will have with our children on the topic of the Exodus from Egypt. What is the significance of these four distinct children? What do we learn from these distinctions? Take Ten to find out. 

Today's Ten is sponsored by the Brandsdorfer family in memory of Izzy Lindenbaum, Issur Aharon ben Bezalel Aryeh z"l on his yartzeit.

TT4T#833 - Don’t Delay - 1/5/22

Matzah isn't only a mitzvah performed once a year. It is also is a metaphor for all of the mitzvos we do. Take Ten to find out how.

TT4T#832 - The Three Signs - 1/4/22

Of all the Mitzvot, there are three that are referred to as signs. What do they signify and when does this matter? 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

TT4T#831 - Monthly Atonement - 1/2/22

Take Ten to learn how Rosh Chodesh, the first Mitzvah, offers a unique opportunity for each and every one of us to begin again. 

TT4T#830 - Egyptian Restitution - 12/29/21

G-d promises the Jewish people that after the time of their enslavement in Egypt, they would leave with great financial wealth. What was the purpose of this payment? Take Ten to find out. 

TT4T#829 - Like the Dirt - 12/28/21

We often find the Bnei Yisrael compared to the sand and we even pray that we should be like the dirt. What does this metaphor mean? 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

 

 

TT4T#828 - The Jews’ First Lesson - 12/27/21

We generally believe that the first mitzvah given to the Jewish people is the mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh, in Parshat Bo. This Ten discusses an alternative theory, that the first mitzvah given to the Jews was one that they almost certainly could not do right away and would take a very long time until actually performed. What was this mitzvah? Why would it be first? Take Ten to find out.