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Take 10 minutes of your busy day for Torah. Spend one 1/100th of your day as meaningfully as you can! Different topics each weekday. Produced by Rabbi Shmuel Ismach of the Young Israel of Great Neck
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Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Wednesday Feb 19, 2020
Our parsha discusses a situation when you "might" lend money to someone in need. Take Ten to learn the importance of this mitzvah.
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
Tuesday Feb 18, 2020
The Talmud makes an interesting statement about allowing doctors the "permission" to heal. What is the reason that this permission is required? What does this medical "consent" include? Take Ten to find out.
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Today on Presidents Day, we discuss the modern relevance of the laws of making a blessing on seeing a king. Do these laws apply to modern-day, democratically elected presidents? Should we be running to see them as we did the kings of old? Take Ten to find out.
Friday Feb 14, 2020
Friday Feb 14, 2020
When the Jewish People are offered the Torah, they respond with the famous "Naaseh v'Nishma," or "We will do and we will hear," pledging to accept the obligations of Torah without hearing what it requires. What was the nature of their commitment? Take Ten to find out.
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Thursday Feb 13, 2020
Yisro joins the Jewish people and immediately offers advice to Moshe about how to appoint and structure judges. What were the requirements he suggested? What important ramifications to they have for modern-day leadership? Take Ten to find out.
Sponsored by the Wolf family l'ilui nishmas Ruth bas Yosef.
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
Wednesday Feb 12, 2020
We find a fascinating halacha relating to how Jewish law defines the responsibilities of pet and animal ownership. This Ten discusses the origins of this law, how it relates to our parsha, and the particulars of where and when it applies. Feed your curiousity, but feed your pets first.
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
Tuesday Feb 11, 2020
The Ten Commandments are found in this week's Torah portion and are repeated again in Parshat Vaeschanan. A close read reveals some small, but significant differences. What are they? Why do they matter? Take Ten to find out.
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
What are we supposed to be thinking about on Tu b'Shvat? Take Ten to focus on our responsibilities towards the natural world through understanding its meaning and importance.
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Take Ten to learn of a poem about the dramatic moments before the splitting of the sea.
Sponsored by the Kufeld Family l'ilui nishmas Z'aiv Menachem ben HaRav Mordechai
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
Thursday Feb 06, 2020
This week we read of the song of Az Yashir. Take Ten to learn how in it, the Jewish people sang about their greatest experience ever.