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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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Dec 19, 2019
Dec 19, 2019
10 min
If your Chanukah candles go out before the minimum amount of time, the halacha teaches that you do not need to relight the candles. Take Ten to learn a reason for this unique law.
Dec 18, 2019
Dec 18, 2019
10 min
In this Ten we learn the source for the Mitzvah of lighting the candles of Chanukah. You'll be surprised to find out the origin of this law, how it was constructed, and the various opinions surrounding it. But what will shock you most is that you have been doing way more than you ever needed to.. and that that is exactly the point.
Dec 17, 2019
Dec 17, 2019
9 min
What was the threat against the Jews in the time of Chanukah? What was and still is the solution? Take Ten to find out.
Dec 16, 2019
Dec 16, 2019
10 min
We are familiar with the three cardinal sins about which the Torah teaches that one must give up their life before transgressing. In the story with Yehuda and Tamar, there is a moment that seems to teach that there might be a fourth cardinal sin - embarrassing others publicly.
Dec 14, 2019
Dec 14, 2019
10 min
Yaakov prayed that G-d should "Save him from the hand of his brother, from the hand of Esav." What are these two statements referencing? Take Ten to find out.
Dec 12, 2019
Dec 12, 2019
10 min
After a mysterious encounter, Yaakov is wounded and we are forever forbidden from eating the Gid Hanashe. Take Ten to find out why.
Dec 10, 2019
Dec 10, 2019
10 min
"Your money or your life!" is usually a dilemma that - other than for a punchline - is obvious to answer. Might there be an outlook that lends credence to the question? Take Ten to find out.
Dec 9, 2019
Dec 9, 2019
10 min
Unlike what we find in the Torah, nowadays we find people with more than one Jewish name. Why is that? Take Ten to find out.
Dec 6, 2019
Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019
10 min
In this week's parsha, we are introduced to our matriarch Leah through a description of her "tender" eyes. This Ten discusses the controversy that exists in understanding that description and the various facets of her life through the midrashic account. She was hopeful, yet frustrated. Determined, yet empathetic. A true Jewish mother for us all.