TakeTen4Torah Daily Torah Podcast

TT4T#748 - Holiness - 4/20/21

The Torah instructs us that we should be "holy," but what exactly does that 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#747 - Loving as Yourself - 4/19/21

What does "loving someone like yourself" really require? Take Ten to find out. 

Sponsored by the Papilsky/Nochomvitz family in memory of Arieh ben Binyamin, Lucien Nochomovitz z"l.

TT4T#746 - A Letter on Israel - 4/15/21

Take Ten to learn the sentiment towards Israel shared by a great 19th-century rabbinic leader. 

TT4T#745 - Zikaron - 4/14/21

On Yom Hazikaron, we review one of the significant ways we have historically remembered the low points in our history. 

TT4T#744 - Silence is Golden - 4/13/21

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 by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l

 

 

TT4T#743 - Why Tzaraat? - 3/9/20

This week we read of the well-know malady of Tzaraat. We commonly associate this "disease" with the sin of gossip and slander, but is this the entire story? Take Ten to find out. 

TT4T#742 - Yom HaShoah - 4/8/20

Today, on Yom HaShoah, many Jewish communities mark the greatest of Jewish communal tragedies. Many communities don't. This Ten discusses the histories of these types of days. What is their purpose? Which did we retain? Why is it that some don't believe in this day? Take Ten to find out. 

TT4T#741 - Kosher Criteria - 4/7/20

I have a delicious-looking plate of food in front of me. What are the Kosher issues that might arise? Take Ten to find out. 

TT4T#740 - The Summer Curriculum - 4/6/21

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.

This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l

TT4T#739 - Speedy Matzah - 3/23/21

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.

This Ten is sponsored by the Lewis family in memory of Fred Lewis, Feivel Yitzchak ben Naftali David z"l