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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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Friday Jan 12, 2018
Friday Jan 12, 2018
Why did the Jews deserve the subjugation they experienced under Egypt? Was it due to Avraham? The brothers of Yosef? The behavior of the Jews themselves? None of the above? Take Ten to find out.
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
Thursday Jan 11, 2018
One of the well known features of the "Kabbalat Shabbat" liturgy is the poem of "Lecha Dodi." Take Ten to understand its origin, meaning, and we we turn to face the door at the end.
Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
Wednesday Jan 10, 2018
How do we count Mitzvot which are made up of different actions? Take Ten to find out.
Tuesday Jan 09, 2018
Tuesday Jan 09, 2018
Avraham is promised that after years of subjugation and suffering, his children will be "re-payed" with great wealth. What sort of consolation was this? Indeed, our parsha describes G-d's request that the Jews carry out this plan for their financial future and we find that there was some discomfort in carrying it out. This Ten discusses these and other troubling issues: Why were we given this money and why didn't we want to take it?
Monday Jan 08, 2018
Monday Jan 08, 2018
We generally believe that the first mitzvah given to the Jewish people is the mitzvah of Rosh Chodesh, in Parshat Bo. This Ten discusses an alternative theory, that the first mitzvah given to the Jews was one that they almost certainly could not do right away and would take very long till actually performed. What was this mitzvah? Why would it be first? Take Ten to find out.
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Friday Jan 05, 2018
Moshe refuses the task offered by G-d to represent the people before Pharaoh due to a problem that he had with with his speech. This Ten explores what exactly this problem was and why it may have been a significant reason that he was chosen.
Thursday Jan 04, 2018
Thursday Jan 04, 2018
Moshe "our Teacher" plays a tremendous role in Jewish history, but we know very little of his background. Why was he the one chosen by G-d at the burning bush to be His mouthpiece? What were his qualifications? This Ten discusses how - if you pay attention to the goals of the Exodus - the Torah itself reveals what made Moshe the best possible candidate for the job.
Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
Wednesday Jan 03, 2018
Do introductions that preface a Mitzvot count as Mitzvot? Take Ten to find out.
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
Tuesday Jan 02, 2018
We are all aware of the laws about Lashon Hara, or damaging speech. What about situations where sharing these tidbits with others is not for the detriment of the one spoken about, but for the good of the one who shares it? Take Ten to find out.
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
Sunday Dec 31, 2017
On this first day of the new secular calendar year, this Ten discusses the halachic permissibility of using secular dates instead of Jewish ones.