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Roots and Ripples: The Avoda of Asara be-Teves

Part of MTA's weekly series of Lion's Life video divrei Torah

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  Gemara:
  
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  Halacha:
  
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  Machshava:
  
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  Gemara:
  
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  Machshava:
  
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  Midrash Rabbah - Torah
  
  Parsha:
  
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  Yerushalmi:
  
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Becoming a Bar Da'as, Creating Kinyanei Torah: From Lomdus to Machshava in Masseches Kiddushin
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  Venue: Yeshivat Yishrei Lev
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Kiddushin
  
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  Avot
  
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  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Taanit
  
  Halacha:
  
  Mikvaot
  
  Machshava:
  
  Bein Adam L'Chaveiro, Galut, Geulah, Mesilas Yeshorim, Middot, Rambam, Ramban, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality
  
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  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Avoda Zara
  
  Halacha:
  
  Torah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Galut, Geulah, Hashem, History, Mesilas Yeshorim, Prophecy, Rambam, Sichat Mussar, Spirituality, The Avos, Torah
  
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- Series: Ten Minute Mussar
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  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Moed Katan
  
  Machshava:
  
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  Midrash:
  
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  Nach:
  
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  Venue: Yeshivat Yishrei Lev
  
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- Date: Jan 21, 2026
- Gemara:
  
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  Halacha:
  
  Tefillah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Tefillah
  
  Mishna:
  
  Avot
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- Gemara:
  
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  Halacha:
  
  Tefillah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Tefillah
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- Gemara:
  
  Pesachim, Sanhedrin, Sotah, Yoma
  
  Halacha:
  
  Tefillah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Tefillah
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  Sanhedrin, Sotah
  
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  Tefillah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Tefillah
  
  Mishna:
  
  Avot
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