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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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Thursday Dec 07, 2017
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
This Ten discusses mitzvot that have both a positive and negative element. How are they counted?
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
Wednesday Dec 06, 2017
We read this week of Yaakov's inability to be consoled over the loss of his son Yosef. Take Ten to learn seven reasons for why his mourning was so deep, and so personal.
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
Tuesday Dec 05, 2017
The Torah relates how Yaakov mourned for twenty two years for his lost son Yosef. This Ten explores the idea of mourning, consolation and the "gift" of forgetting.
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
This Sunday night, December 4th, at Maariv, we begin adding the phrase "ותן טל ומטר לברכה" to our Shemona Esrei. This phrase encapsulates the specific request and prayer for rain. This Ten explores why this change occurs when it does in Israel and in the Diaspora, what we do when we forget to make the change, and explains the responsibilities we have for others when "Making It Rain."
Friday Dec 01, 2017
Friday Dec 01, 2017
This Ten discussed the debate between the Rambam and the Ramban of whether or not the "expanations" of mitzvot are counted as mitzvot as well.
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
Thursday Nov 30, 2017
The showdown between Yaakov and Esav is understood to be a historical template from us to learn how to deal with the other persecutorial nations throughout our history. But what is the lesson to be learned?Appeasement? or Strength? Take Ten to see how politics has always been complicated.
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
After the epic fight between the "Angel" of Esav and Yakov in which Yaakov was injured in his thigh, we are asked to remember that moment through the prohibition against eating the Gid Hanashe, the sciatic nerve, of even a kosher animal. Why is Yaakov's injury even worth remembering? Why is this an appropriate way? Listen to this Ten and understand where your sirloin steak has been hiding.
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
Tuesday Nov 28, 2017
Which comes first, your money or your life? Take Ten to find out some interesting perspectives derived from our parsha.
Monday Nov 27, 2017
Monday Nov 27, 2017
Following Thanksgiving weekend and the story of Leah, who is given credit for "innovating" gratitude to G-d, this Ten explores the idea that there are two very different models of gratitude in Jewish thought. Is a public displays of gratitude and #soblessed appropriate? Take Ten to find out.
Friday Nov 24, 2017
Friday Nov 24, 2017
If you have 10 minutes to interrupt from Black Friday and the upcoming Cyber Monday shopping, you might want to listen to this analysis of the ethics of distracted work.