TakeTen4Torah Daily Torah Podcast

TT4T#603 - Hunger Aims - 1/7/20

As our stomach grumbles on this Jewish communal day of fasting, we might wonder: "What are we supposed to be taking from this experience?" Take Ten to find out the answer. 

TT4T#602 - The Tenth of Tevet - 1/6/20

What is the history and meaning of the fast of the Tenth of Tevet? Take Ten to find out. 

TT4T#601 - Responsibility for Each Other - 1/3/20

Take Ten to learn what the "Vayigash" of this week's parsha teaches about the responsibility we have to each other.

TT4T#600 - The Might to Revive - 1/2/20

For our 600th episode, we look at the dual themes behind the second beracha of the Shemona Esrei. Is there a common idea that binds them together? Take Ten to find out. 

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TT4T#599 - Dating Secularly - 12/31/19

On the eve of the new secular calendar year, this Ten discusses the halachic permissibility of using secular dates instead of Jewish ones. 

TT4T#598 - Yosef's Humility - 12/27/19

Take Ten to learn another reason that Yosef is called a "Tzadik."

TT4T#597 - A Blessing on Sight - 12/26/19

We find some very unique laws relating to the lighting of the Menorah. This Ten discusses the - mostly unknown - beracha made while walking down a street and simply witnessing the lights of someone else's Menorah. Why would we make a beracha on this mitzvah "sighting" and not on witnessing other mitzvot? The answer to this and more in Ten or less. 

TT4T#596 - From 8 to 1 - 12/24/19

The opinion of Beit Shamai is that we light eight candles on the first night and subtract one each night. While usually Beit Shamai's opinion is rejected in favor of Beit Hillel's, this Ten discusses how in this situation, it is quite possible that one can light their candles backwards. How? Take Ten to find out.

TT4T#595 - The Oxen of Chanukah? - 12/23/19

Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eight candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a Chanukah-Sukkot connection. 

TT4T#594 - A Most Beloved Mitzvah - 12/20/19

Why does the Rambam refer to the mitzvah of Chanukah as "most beloved?" Take Ten to find out.