Episodes

Thursday Feb 13, 2020
TT4T#625 - Judging Judges - 2/13/20
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Yisro joins the Jewish people and immediately offers advice to Moshe about how to appoint and structure judges. What were the requirements he suggested? What important ramifications to they have for modern-day leadership? Take Ten to find out.
Sponsored by the Wolf family l'ilui nishmas Ruth bas Yosef.

Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
TT4T#624 - Feed Fido First - 2/12/20
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
We find a fascinating halacha relating to how Jewish law defines the responsibilities of pet and animal ownership. This Ten discusses the origins of this law, how it relates to our parsha, and the particulars of where and when it applies. Feed your curiousity, but feed your pets first.

Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
TT4T#623 - These Ten and Those Ten - 2/11/20
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
The Ten Commandments are found in this week's Torah portion and are repeated again in Parshat Vaeschanan. A close read reveals some small, but significant differences. What are they? Why do they matter? Take Ten to find out.

Monday Feb 10, 2020
TT4T#622 - Tu b'Shvat and our Natural World - 2/10/20
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
What are we supposed to be thinking about on Tu b'Shvat? Take Ten to focus on our responsibilities towards the natural world through understanding its meaning and importance.

Friday Feb 07, 2020
TT4T#621 - Four Stood at the Sea - 2/7/20
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Take Ten to learn of a poem about the dramatic moments before the splitting of the sea.
Sponsored by the Kufeld Family l'ilui nishmas Z'aiv Menachem ben HaRav Mordechai

Thursday Feb 06, 2020
TT4T#620 - The Greatest Song - 2/6/20
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
This week we read of the song of Az Yashir. Take Ten to learn how in it, the Jewish people sang about their greatest experience ever.

Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
TT4T#619 - Which Comes First? - 2/5/20
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
Wednesday Feb 05, 2020
A great principle of Torah observance is that one should do mitzvos without delay. But what if a greater mitzvah waits right behind it? Which should take priority? Take Ten to find out.

Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
TT4T#618 - Manna Tuesday - 2/4/20
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
Tuesday Feb 04, 2020
There is a special custom to read the section of the Torah that deals with the Manna today, the Tuesday before the Torah reading of Beshalach. This Ten explores the meaning of this custom and how important it might be to say it - and think it - every other day as well.

Monday Feb 03, 2020
TT4T#617 - The Sea Song - 2/3/20
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
This Ten discusses the "Az Yashir," the song the Jews sang after they crossed the sea and how and where it finds itself in our daily prayers. If it is important enough to bear daily repeating, why does it come last in its section? Where does it really "belong" and why would its reading be so significant? Take Ten to find out.

Friday Jan 31, 2020
TT4T# 616 - Laughter Throughout - 1/31/20
Friday Jan 31, 2020
Friday Jan 31, 2020
How will laughter accompany the Jewish people throughout time? Take Ten to find out.