TakeTen4Torah Daily Torah Podcast

TT4T#970 - Amen

Our tradition places a great deal of importance on one word, a response to another person's blessing. Why is this word so significant? Take Ten to find out. 

TT4T#969 - The Selichot Pre-Game

We begin to say the special prayers of Selichot even before the ten days of Teshuva. Why so early, and what does this teach us about these final days of the year? Take Ten to find out. 

TT4T#968 - The Two Davids

Every day from Elul through Sukkos, we twice recite Tehillim 27, known as "l'David." Take Ten to understand why the paragraph seems to be describing two different Davids.

TT4T#967 - Confessions

On Yom Kippur, we spend a lot of time "confessing" to the mistakes we have made throughout the year. Might there ever be a time to "confess" to a mitzvah? Take Ten to find out.

TT4T#966 - Give me an E.L.U.L!

An old tradition has developed where we find the acronym of Elul in a variety of different Biblical and Rabbinic statements. Why is this specific to this month? What are the messages we are meant to learn? Tale Ten to find out. 

TT4T#965 - The Promise of Elul

Why is the month of Elul associated with reflection and self-improvement? Is it because it's the final month of the year or is it something more? Take Ten to find out.

TT4T#964 - If I Forget Thee

In the shadow of Yom Yerushalayim, this Ten discusses the millennia-old tension that exists between "forgetting" and "awaiting" when it comes to Yerushalayim and the Beit Hamikdash. 

TT4T#963 - Numbers - 6/3/24

 

Why is the book of Bamidbar referred to as "Numbers"? Take Ten to find out.

 

TT4T#962 - Shavuot Perfection - 5/30/24

The holiday of Shavuot begins late due to the hour of sunset this time of year, but as you might be aware, we delay its start even further than we do for other holidays. Take Ten to learn how this delay came about and how it speaks to our Shavuot "Pursuit of Perfection."

TT4T#961 - Holy! - 5/6/24

The Torah instructs us that we should be "holy," but what exactly does that mean? Take Ten to find out.