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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 Dec 13, 2017
Wednesday Dec 13, 2017
Continuing with the Rambam's rules of which mitzvot to include in the count of 613, this Ten discusses whether or not we include details and examples of individual mitzvot in the mix.
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
Tuesday Dec 12, 2017
One of the interesting historical anomalies of Chanuka is how one of the basic practices, lighting the candles, is performed differently by Ashkenazim and Sefardim. These differences can usually be attributed to debates that are hundreds of years old. In this case, we have a debate that existed hundreds of years ago, but somehow completely switched sides in practice in our day. This Ten discusses what they debated, and why we flipped.
Monday Dec 11, 2017
Monday Dec 11, 2017
As we read the saga of Yosef being separated from his father Yaakov, one is confronted with the following question: Why didn't Yosef send a message to his father to let him know he was still alive? Take Ten to find out why.
Friday Dec 08, 2017
Friday Dec 08, 2017
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.
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.