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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 Dec 29, 2017
Friday Dec 29, 2017
How do we tell the difference between when the word "don't" is meant to distinguish between different prohibitions and just meant to stress one? Take Ten to find out.
Thursday Dec 28, 2017
Thursday Dec 28, 2017
What is the point of fast days? This question gets progressively more important as a day like Asarah b'Tevet wears on, so here's a Ten with a few powerful answers. Listen, and have a more meaningful fast!
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
Wednesday Dec 27, 2017
What event do we recall when we fast on the tenth of Tevet? Take Ten to learn about the original debate and the ramifications that make this fast different from all the others.
Friday Dec 22, 2017
Friday Dec 22, 2017
What's the preferred Jewish career? Take Ten for a lesson from the parsha on why an unlikely career has been the choice of some many biblical personalities.
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
Thursday Dec 21, 2017
This week's parsha tells of the reunion between Yaakov and his beloved son Yosef after their long time apart. This Ten explores the question of whether or not Yaakov ever discovered the truth about HOW Yosef got to Egypt. Did Yaakov ever really know of the treachery of his sons? Take Ten to find out.
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
Wednesday Dec 20, 2017
When the Torah says the word "no," does it always mean to create a prohibition? Take Ten to find out.
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
Tuesday Dec 19, 2017
Take Ten for a Summary of what you need to know for your Chanukah candle lighting.
Monday Dec 18, 2017
Monday Dec 18, 2017
We know that the threat that existed in the time of Chanukah was different than most others in Jewish history. This Ten explores that differences and what we learn from the tactics used by the Greeks to extinguish the light of Judaism.
Friday Dec 15, 2017
Friday Dec 15, 2017
The opinion of Beit Shamai is that we light eight candles on the first night and subtract one each night. While usually Beit Shamai's opinion is rejected in favor of Beit Hillel's, this Ten discusses how in this situation, it is quite possible that one can light their candles backwards. How? Take Ten to find out.
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eights candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a Chanukah-Sukkot connection.