A topic, not a teacher
"Time" here is a subject, not a person. The name marks a small themed collection — about five talks — gathered around one idea: how Judaism understands and relates to time. Reading it as a topic shelf rather than a speaker's archive is the honest and useful way to approach it.
Grouped this way, the collection becomes a place to think about a theme that touches everything. Time is the raw material of a life, and Torah has a great deal to say about how to treat it. A few focused talks on the subject can reframe how a person sees an ordinary day.
Time in Jewish thought
Time sits near the center of Jewish life. The very first mitzvah given to the Jewish people as a nation was Kiddush HaChodesh — sanctifying the new month — placing the calendar in their hands. Shabbos and the festivals are, in essence, the sanctification of time, islands of holiness set into the week and the year.
Alongside this runs the mussar theme of valuing time and avoiding bittul zman, the waste of hours that can never be recovered. In this view time is not a neutral backdrop but a precious, finite gift — one of the few things a person genuinely cannot replace.
Making time count
The practical side of this theme is what to do about it. The idea of kevias ittim la'Torah — fixing set times for learning — is one Jewish answer: rather than hoping time appears, you carve it out and protect it. That simple discipline turns good intentions into a real part of the week.
For families, thinking together about time can quietly shift priorities. When a household treats its hours as valuable and its Shabbos as sacred, everyday choices start to reflect that. A small collection of talks on time is really an invitation to live a little more deliberately.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
FilteredTube is a kosher video service built for Jewish families — every single video is approved against one written standard before it can appear, with no open feed, no comments, and no surprises. It is a calm, safe place to look for the Torah and Jewish music you love.
If your family enjoys shiurim about using time well, search FilteredTube for the speakers and topics that matter most to you. With a daf yomi shelf, a weekly parsha shelf, topic shelves, audio-only listening for the car, and a kids mode with a PIN, kosher Jewish video is easy to reach — and the approved catalog keeps growing every day.
At a glance
Key takeaways
- "Time" is a topic tag and a small themed collection, not an individual speaker.
- The nation's first mitzvah, Kiddush HaChodesh, placed the calendar in Jewish hands.
- Shabbos and the festivals are, in essence, the sanctification of time.
- Jewish thought stresses valuing time, avoiding bittul zman, and fixing set times to learn.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.