TakeTen4Torah Daily Torah Podcast

TT4T#367 - Gathering our People - 7/6/18

Moshe is told that when he dies, he will be "gathered" unto his people. Take Ten to learn what that means to us all. 

TT4T#366 - Jewish Tents and Sanctuaries - 6/29/18

From Bilaam's blessings, we learn important lessons about the importance and significance of Jewish homes and sanctuaries. Take Ten to learn these lessons. 

TT4T#365 - Figuring the Four Fasts #2 - 6/28/18

Continuing our discussion about the origins of the Four Fasts, this Ten traces the events for which we fast and concludes with a novel question: where these fasts ever really meant to be set on specific days of the month?

TT4T#364 - Figuring the Four Fasts #1 - 6/27/18

As we near the period of the "Three Weeks," this Ten discusses the four fasts that we observe throughout the year in order to commemorate the destruction of the two Temples. Hear how the very observance of these fasts was dynamic and depended on the historical question of: "Was it Good for the Jews?"

TT4T#363 - Balak in Shema

The story of Bilaam and Balak is very unique as it happens entirely without the knowledge of the Jewish people. This Ten discusses the Gemaras theoretical wish that the story be included in our daily recitation of the Shema. Why would this section be worthy? Why was it left out? Take Ten to find out. 

TT4T#362 - An Unknowable Mitzvah? - 6/22/18

Take Ten to learn about what Parah Adumah teaches us about the unknowable nature of G-d.

TT4T#361 - The Parah Paradox- 6/21/18

We read this week of the Parah Adumah. In order to purify oneself from the most serious of impurity, the Red Cow ritual was performed. It's known as one of the most difficult to understand. But is it really? This Ten discusses what we don't and don't understand about it and how it allows us to understand so much, by understanding what we can and cannot understand.

 

 

TT4T#360 - Peace First and Last - 6/20/18

Throughout Rabbinic writings, we have dozens of comments relating to the power of peace. Take Ten to learn how it is both the first of Middot and how it is always listed last as well.

TT4T#359 - The Blossoming Sticks - 6/15/18

In the aftermath of the Korach story, we find a final challenge to Moshe and Aharon's leadership. Take Ten to learn the symbolism in the story of the blossoming sticks.

 

 

TT4T#358 - Fighting the Good Fight - 6/13/18

How does one fight the good fight? The Mishna in Mesechet Avot presents two different types of debate - one that is "For the sake of Heaven" and one that is not. This Ten analyzes the difference between these two styles and what we learn from the well-known interlocutors it presents.