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Who knows ten?

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Alex · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-26 19:34:07Z

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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 1 '10 at 11:47

Isaac Moses · Answer 2 · 2010-03-26 15:48:58Z

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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.

answered Mar 26 '10 at 15:48

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

What's a decadeclaration? – Adam Mosheh May 30 '12 at 20:57

@AdamMosheh deca-declaration – Isaac Moses May 30 '12 at 20:58

Yahu · Answer 3 · 2010-03-26 16:47:51Z

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The world was created with ten statements.

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Yahu · Answer 4 · 2010-04-01 15:15:44Z

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Ten challenges of Avraham.

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Better translation than "tests." – Isaac Moses Mar 28 '10 at 21:56

@IsaacMoses - Why? – Adam Mosheh May 4 '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 4 '12 at 16:21

Chanoch · Answer 5 · 2010-03-26 17:12:54Z

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Ten Sefirot (total!)

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True no matter what way you count them! (Sefer Yetzirah) – Yahu Apr 8 '10 at 0:11

@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 0:02

Shalom · Answer 6 · 2010-03-26 17:15:39Z

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Ten are the pedigrees of Israel

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Ariel · Answer 7 · 2010-03-26 18:43:14Z

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

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Jeremy · Answer 8 · 2010-04-01 15:40:41Z

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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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HodofHod · Answer 9 · 2012-05-30 23:56:19Z

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Ten are the sons of Binyamin. Bereishis 46:21

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answered Apr 8 '10 at 18:02

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	Source, please? – Adam Mosheh May 30 '12 at 20:59
	@AdamMosheh Done. – HodofHod May 30 '12 at 23:55

Gershon Gold · Answer 10 · 2011-01-18 05:07:17Z

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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

Gershon Gold · Answer 11 · 2011-01-18 05:08:19Z

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10 is the amount of people you need for a Minyan

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yydl · Answer 12 · 2011-03-28 21:25:22Z

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The minhag is to place 10 pieces of bread while doing Bedikas Chametz... See http://mi.yodeya.com/questions/6589/bedikas-chometz-10-pieces-of-bread

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Gershon Gold · Answer 13 · 2011-03-28 23:05:00Z

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Aseres Yemei Teshuva

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Gershon Gold · Answer 14 · 2011-03-28 23:06:49Z

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

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Isaac Moses · Answer 15 · 2012-05-04 16:28:37Z

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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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Thanks for the edit. I blanked out. – Adam Mosheh May 4 '12 at 16:45

Adam Mosheh · Answer 16 · 2012-05-04 16:28:03Z

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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 4 '12 at 16:43

Adam Mosheh · Answer 17 · 2012-05-30 21:06:24Z

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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

Gershon Gold · Answer 18 · 2013-01-15 18:43:29Z

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

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.

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