Orthodox Union http://www.ou.org/index.php/ouradio/takefive/ A five minute inspirational dvar Torah delivered to you daily. en Copyright 2010 2010-09-29T13:04:53+00:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/YoDACR1ndGA/ On Rosh Hashanah our judgement is written, on Yom Kippur it is sealed, and on Hoshanah Rabbah the verdict is implemented. Take Five 2010-09-29T12:04:53+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/hoshanah_rabbah/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1danielyolkut_102405.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/6vgnTfEH7ds/ Exciting Sukkot Concert This Monday, October 9 Take Five 2010-09-28T13:21:57+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/visiting_housenew/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1ephraimepstein_100406.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/fvA1odeNJFI/ How is it possible to daven the same tefillah three times a day and not get bored of it? Take Five 2010-09-27T12:44:19+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/my_way_highway/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1shayeguttenberg_013006.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/GkddcxjPRv4/ If we use each house as a Jewish home saturated with Torah, Mitzvot, and loving kindness, then regardless of how rickety it is, it will be a permanent one that will live on. Take Five 2010-09-22T11:58:50+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/sukah_home/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1yehoshuagrunstein_101105.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/EUrlZcvku0M/ It is rare to find a baal koreh who can pronounce all of these taamim with consistent accuracy. It is even rarer to find a Jew who can look at all of these positions and say, "They are all part of my people." Take Five 2010-09-21T13:16:18+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/musical_view_israel/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1mosherosenberg050506.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/vmQkS2ps5-8/ When we sit in the sukkah on sukot we need to ask ourselves are we now in exile or redemption? Take Five 2010-09-20T12:03:27+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/sukot_exile_redemption/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1joelfinkelstein_102105.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/u29Pzu5h69o/ Our task at this time is not to ignore our sins to make them go away but to actually work to remove them. Take Five 2010-09-17T13:15:16+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/magical_magnifying_glass/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1gideonshloush_091806.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/TzTxo8JUMUQ/ The days between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are days we can realize how powerful we really are. Take Five 2010-09-16T13:15:34+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/choice_and_repentance/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1ilanfeldman_091306.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/avBTttICPto/ The point of saying the 13 attributes of mercy is not simply to remind ourselves of who Hashem is, but to remind ourselves of what we have to be. Take Five 2010-09-15T11:46:19+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/selichot_the_13_attributes_of_mercy/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1marcpenner_092305.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/TFu274ZtwRg/ Why is the Haftorah read in the minor key, while the Torah is read in the major key? Take Five 2010-09-14T13:13:59+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/brachot_haftorah/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1reuventradburks_080706.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/F6_LLX0y15M/ All of us, to some extent, live in our own imaginations, yet facing the sometimes hard reality of what we really are is the first step towards improving ourselves. Take Five 2010-09-13T12:44:49+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/honor_offer/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1nossonkaiser_030306.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/5rVxcEyrnvo/ Why do we blow the shofar in the middle of Mussaf, a seeming disturbance and interruption of synagogue prayer and decorum? Take Five 2010-09-08T11:46:35+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/shofar_deliverance_disturbance/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1yehoshuagrunstein_091905.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/ceKss1GAtOQ/ It is very easy to complain; it is much harder to find a solution that will appease that complaint. Take Five 2010-09-07T11:46:06+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/tekiah_shvarim_teruah/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1yehoshuagrunstein_093005.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/aan-xuCFihw/ Rosh Hashanah reminds us that Hashem is King of the universe, and we are powerless before Him. Take Five 2010-09-06T11:46:26+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/lesson_katrina/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1shmuelherzfeld_092805.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/u-wrIHdgogc/ For those in the high powered business world a week without Shabbat might seem common place, almost normal, but to us the idea of a world without Shabbat is unheard of. Take Five 2010-09-03T12:44:28+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/without_shabbat/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1stuartlavenda_012706.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/l-81aRYBDbw/ Standing Firm and Surviving - Nitzavim connotes a powerful comforting message for this period of Jewish chronology in general, and for our time in particular. Take Five 2010-09-02T11:46:14+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/sefer_devarim_nitzavim/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1nachummuschel_092905.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/JG9bgIygCWc/ Blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah bridges Har Sinai to the future times of Moshiach and our redemption. Take Five 2010-09-01T11:46:59+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/past_future/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1gedalyahberger_100305.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/k7GgJP2dDSU/ Since the liver is completely filled with blood, we must be very careful that it is prepared properly so as not to transgress the prohibition to eat blood. Take Five 2010-08-31T13:07:24+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/chopped_liver_kosher/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1yehoshuahecht_062006.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/ilf27EQEFsg/ Understanding how we can ask G-d for our needs in prayer, yet prayer is also referred to as a service. Take Five, Monday: Tefillah/Developing Positive Midot 2010-08-30T00:36:08+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/therapy_prayer1/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1avigdorslatus_021306.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TakeFiveForTorah/~3/WHEYq0OXZiI/ By not being able to pick up stones and other muktzah items, the rabbis are telling us to think about Shabbat before it begins. Take Five 2010-08-27T00:44:23+00:00 http://www.ou.org/index.php/takefive/reason_prohibition_muktzah1/http://program.ouradio.org/takefive/1yehoshuagrunstein_021006.mp3