Asara - mi yodeya?

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Who knows ten?

Please cite/link your sources, if possible. At some point on Chol Hamo'ed, I will:

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score 10 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 12 '17 at 07:30

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The minhag is to place 10 pieces of bread while doing Bedikas Chametz... See Bedikas Chometz - 10 pieces of bread

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score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 26 '10 at 18:43

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Ten are the sons of Rav Pappa mentioned in a siyum.

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score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 01 '10 at 15:40

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10 generations from Adam to Noah

10 generations from Noah to Avraham

[7 generations from Avraham to Moshe]

10 generations (links) from Moshe to Yehuda ben Tabai and Shimon ben Shatach

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score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 18 '11 at 05:07

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Ten Makkos Makkos ten, the Mitzrim were punished again and again

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I like your rhyme. – Adam Mosheh May 30 '12 at 20:59
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@AdamMosheh It's from a famous children's song. – HodofHod May 30 '12 at 23:54
I immediately heard my little sister singing this song. :) – ezra Jan 26 '18 at 03:45

Yahu · Answer 5 · 2010-04-01T15:15:44.303

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Ten challenges of Avraham.

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answered Mar 26 '10 at 16:48

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Better translation than "tests." – Isaac Moses Mar 28 '10 at 21:56
@IsaacMoses - Why? – Adam Mosheh May 04 '12 at 16:18
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@AdamMosheh, because "test" generally implies that the one applying it is trying to learn something. As the One applying these was the Omniscient, that could not have been the purpose. – Isaac Moses May 04 '12 at 16:21

score 7 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 18 '11 at 05:08

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10 is the amount of people you need for a Minyan

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score 7 · Answer 7 · answered Mar 26 '10 at 16:47

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The world was created with ten statements.

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score 7 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 26 '10 at 17:12

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Ten Sefirot (total!)

answered Mar 26 '10 at 17:12

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True no matter what way you count them! (Sefer Yetzirah) – Yahu Apr 08 '10 at 00:11
@Yahu - What do you mean by that? And where does teh Sefer haYetzirah say that? – Adam Mosheh May 30 '12 at 20:58
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@AdamMosheh I imagine he means that sometimes kabbalists include Keser instead of Daas, and vice versa. Either way, it's still ten. The quote from Sefer Yetzirah is (I imagine) Ten sefirot of nothingness; ten and not nine, ten and not eleven. Where in Sefer Yetzirah it is probably depends on which edition you have. – HodofHod May 31 '12 at 00:02

score 7 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 26 '10 at 17:15

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Ten are the pedigrees of Israel

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Ten pedigrees emigrated from Babylonia [to Israel]: Priestly, Levitical, [Ordinary] Jewish, Invalidated Priestly, Converted, Freed, Mamzeric, Nathinitic, Silent Ones and Foundlings. – Kfir Jun 25 '19 at 19:46

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '10 at 19:34

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Ten types of tum'ah (impurity) that can originate from a person (Mishnah, Kelim 1:5).

And more positively, ten levels of spatial kedushah (sanctity), beginning with the Land of Israel and ending with the Holy of Holies in the Beis Hamikdash (ibid., 1:6 and following mishnayos).

answered Mar 26 '10 at 19:34

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Leshana haba-ah biyerushalayim habenuya! – Isaac Moses Apr 01 '10 at 11:47

score 7 · Answer 11 · answered Mar 28 '11 at 23:05

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Aseres Yemei Teshuva

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score 6 · Answer 12 · answered Mar 28 '11 at 23:06

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You are supposed to give 10% of your earnings to Tzedaka - known as Maaser

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Is this a chiyuv or a minhag? What's the source? – Yehoshua Apr 01 '16 at 01:26
@Yehoshua - http://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/59471/source-for-maaser-money – Gershon Gold Apr 01 '16 at 13:16

score 6 · Answer 13 · edited May 30 '12 at 23:56

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Ten are the sons of Binyamin. Bereishis 46:21

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score 5 · Answer 14 · answered May 04 '12 at 16:28

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Haman haRasha had ten sons (cf. 9th chapter of Megillat Esther).

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...or ten listed sons, anyway. (See Bavli M'gila.) +1. – msh210 May 04 '12 at 16:43

score 5 · Answer 15 · answered Mar 26 '10 at 15:48

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Ten are the Ten Declarations!

You want to count The Commandments? Wait about 603 business days.

And get off my lawn.

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That's one decadeclaration, in case anyone's wondering. – Isaac Moses Mar 26 '10 at 15:57

score 4 · Answer 16 · edited May 04 '12 at 16:28

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Ten of the twelve spies (meraglim) who were sent by Moses to scout out the Land of Israel came back with a negative report.

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Gershon Gold · Answer 17 · 2013-01-15T18:43:29.790

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There are 10 places in Tanach where the letter "א" Aleph is immediately followed by another "א" Aleph in the same word.

1 - Breishis 12:3 אאר

2 - Yeshayahu 45:5 - אאזרך

3 - Yeshayahu 48:9 - אאריך

4 - Micha 2:12 - אאסף

5 - Iyov 6:11 - אאריך

6 - Iyov 9:16 - אאמין

7 - Iyov 16:5 - אאמצכם

8 - Iyov 33:33 - ואאלפך

9 - Daniel 4:12 - בדתאא

10 - Daniel 4:20 - בדתאא

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answered Jan 15 '13 at 18:36

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Is there any significance to this? There's also 12 times where you find טט in one word, 8 times where there is עע in one word, and 937 where you find יי in one word. – Double AA Jan 15 '13 at 18:43
@DoubleAA Need there be significance? I don't remember that being a requirement in the OP. – ezra Jan 26 '18 at 03:46
@ezra It is explicit in the newer MY Series posts. But even if it's not literally required, it's clearly stupid to make a list of insignificant 10s... – Double AA Jan 28 '18 at 21:09

score 3 · Answer 18 · answered Jan 27 '14 at 20:19

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10 are the words in the blessing Hamotzi.

answered Jan 27 '14 at 20:19

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related http://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/29291/759 – Double AA Jan 27 '14 at 20:27
Similarly, Ten are the words in שלא עשני אישה – Noach MiFrankfurt Apr 01 '16 at 01:19
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@NoachmiFrankfurt only if you count in base 9. – Y e z Apr 01 '16 at 01:22
@Yez, the mnemonic I was thinking of included אמן – Noach MiFrankfurt Apr 01 '16 at 02:17

score 2 · Answer 19 · answered Aug 14 '19 at 05:47

10 - upon marriage, 10 is the number of things a man is obligated to provide for his wife (Shulchan Aruch, Even Haezer 69:1-2)

1) food (d'oraisa)
2) clothing (d'oraisa)
3) marital relations (d'oraisa)
4) ikkar (the core) of her ketubah
5) doctor bills/ healing her
6) redeeming her if she is taken captive
7) her burial
8) if she becomes a widow, that she be sustained from his possessions/ live in his house after his death
9) her children be sustained after her husband's death until they are engaged
10) her sons from him inherit her ketubah more than their portion of inheritance that is with their siblings

score 2 · Answer 20 · answered Mar 28 '18 at 20:10

Ten is the number of the Lost Tribes of Israel, who were exiled to Assyria because of their misdeeds. (II Kings 17:6)

The Talmud (Sanhedrin 110b) brings several opinions concerning the eventual fate of these tribes. According to Rabbi Akiva, they will never return. According to Rabbi Eliezer, they will indeed return to the Land of Israel eventually. In the view of Rabbi Shimon ben Yehudah, the fate of the tribes depends on whether or not they repent.

The entire daf is quite interesting; I'd suggest looking at it for further reading.

score 1 · Answer 21 · answered Jul 17 '19 at 01:32

10 - are the principles that the Torah requires to effect a halachik divorce (Rambam, Hilchos Geirushin 1:1).

1) That a man must voluntarily initiate the divorce. (ibid 1:2)
2) The method of divorce must be done in writing and nothing else. (ibid 1:3)
3) That subject of the get must make clear that the husband is divorcing his wife and releasing her from his domain. (ibid 1:5)
4) The essence of the text of the get should express the severing of the connection between the husband and wife. (ibid 1:3)
5) That get must be written l'shma- ie specifically for her. (ibid 1:3)
6) After the get is written, it must not require any other action except delivery to the woman (For example: writing a get on the horn of a cow and then detaching said horn and giving it as a get would be invalid). (ibid 1:6)
7) The husband must give/ transfer over the get to her. (ibid 1:3)
8) The husband must give her the get in the presence of witnesses. (ibid 1:13)
9) The husband must give her the get for the sake of divorce. (ibid 1:9)
10) The husband or his agent must be the one who gives her the get. (ibid 1:3)

(the rest of the requirements of a get- ie the date, the signature of the witnesses, etc- are all mi'drabanan)

score 1 · Answer 22 · edited Apr 21 '16 at 18:20

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Number of words used to count a minyon in Tehillim 28:9

הוֹשִׁיעָה אֶת עַמֶּךָ וּבָרֵךְ אֶת נַחֲלָתֶךָ וּרְעֵם וְנַשְּׂאֵם עַד הָעוֹלָם

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Add explicitly that it is used to count a minyon (number of words in tehillim 28:9) – sabbahillel Apr 21 '16 at 18:18
@sabbahillel Any source for this? – Kazi bácsi May 22 '18 at 15:05
@Kazibácsi just from having been in shul when it is used to count. – sabbahillel May 22 '18 at 20:20
@sabbahillel An elderly person taught it to me long ago, but it'd be nice to find a source. – Kazi bácsi May 22 '18 at 21:02
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@Kazibácsi Kitzur Shulchan Aruch 15:3 (https://www.sefaria.org/Kitzur_Shulchan_Aruch.15.3?lang=he&with=all&lang2=he). – Meir Jul 17 '19 at 02:09

score 1 · Answer 23 · answered May 22 '18 at 11:43

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Ten are the kosher mammals:

שׁ֕וֹר שֵׂ֥ה כְשָׂבִ֖ים וְשֵׂ֥ה עִזִּֽים׃ אַיָּ֥ל וּצְבִ֖י וְיַחְמ֑וּר וְאַקּ֥וֹ וְדִישֹׁ֖ן וּתְא֥וֹ וָזָֽמֶר׃

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score 0 · Answer 24 · answered Aug 17 '20 at 21:43

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Dovid HaMelech wrote the book of Tehillim (Psalms) through ten elders of the previous generation.

(Bava Basra 14b)

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score 0 · Answer 25 · answered Aug 17 '20 at 21:45

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Ten is the age for the study of Mishna

(Pirkei Avos 5:21)

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score 0 · Answer 26 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:41

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Ten keilim and Ten oros (cf. Alex's answer on the J.SE question entitled What is Shevirat Hakeilim?)

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answered May 30 '12 at 21:00

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Kinda sorta a duplicate of Chanoch's answer of Ten Sefirot. – HodofHod May 30 '12 at 23:58

DonielF · Answer 27 · 2017-04-06T15:07:00.500

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Ten mitzvos given to Benei Noach that are not included in the Sheva Mitzvos that they might be chayiv in.

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See further here. – DonielF Apr 06 '17 at 15:01
Related: http://judaism.stackexchange.com/a/81634/9682 – DonielF Apr 06 '17 at 15:05

score 0 · Answer 28 · answered Jan 25 '18 at 23:44

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In the current Nusach Ashkenaz, the word מנוחה of some form is mentioned ten times in Shabbos Mincha. As for significance, well, that’s already been asked.

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score 0 · Answer 29 · answered Mar 28 '18 at 19:55

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Laban would renege ten times on any agreement he made with Yaakov. - Breshis Rabbah 73:9

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Asara - mi yodeya?

Who knows ten?

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