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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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Tuesday Mar 21, 2017
Tuesday Mar 21, 2017
How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses what are the actual requirements for cleaning. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!
Part 2 - What is Chametz vs. Seor? What are we actually looking for when we search our homes for Chametz?
Tuesday Mar 21, 2017
Tuesday Mar 21, 2017
How much is too much when it comes to cleaning for Pesach? This short series discusses some of the well known controversies relating to Pesach observance and discusses what are the actual requirements for cleaning. Take Ten to find out why it might be easier than you think!
Part 1 - Intro to Chametz, Kitniyot, Egg Matzah, Gebrokts
Monday Mar 20, 2017
Monday Mar 20, 2017
Today's Ten gives a point by point summary of the first six, most critical, berachot of the Shemona Esrei that specifically focus on individual needs.
Friday Mar 17, 2017
Friday Mar 17, 2017
In our 100th episode, we discuss the inordinate amount of energy used to prohibit Chometz on Pesach and share one approach that ties in with Taking Ten 4 Torah. Mazal Tov on our thousandth minute!
Thursday Mar 16, 2017
Thursday Mar 16, 2017
We read this week of the Parah Adumah. In order to purify oneself from the most serious of impurity, the Red Cow ritual was performed. It's known as one of the most difficult to understand. But is it really? This Ten discusses what we don't and don't understand about it and how it allows us to understand so much, by understanding what we can and cannot understand.
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
Still not back to the Ten format. Enjoy this part two of a class on the Seder where we discuss the broader structure and themes of the night. Should be back in business tomorrow.
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
Tuesday Mar 14, 2017
(PSA - I'm a bit under the weather. Actually, we all are "under the weather" today. I didn't have the voice to record a new Ten, so here is a class that I delivered last year as part of my "Story of the Seder" class. I know it's longer than Ten, but today, we should hopefully have the time. There is a part 2 and 3. I can post those as well if there is interest.)
Our class today tries to whittle down what exactly it is we are meant to do each year at the Seder. Is it about sharing random divrei Torah relating to the paragraphs in the Hagadah? This class peeks underneath the hood of the Seder and asks the quesion: Do we miss the forest for the trees?
Monday Mar 13, 2017
Monday Mar 13, 2017
In this Ten, we explore the basis for the juxtaposition between the concepts of redemption and prayer. Why are we so careful to begin prayer all together, at the precise time that we have finished discussing G-d's historical involvement in the Jewish story? Take Ten to find out.
Friday Mar 10, 2017
Friday Mar 10, 2017
Purim is the one holiday in the Jewish calendar that does not have us saying The prayer of Hallel. Is there no reason to say it? Or do we someday say it, but in a different form? Take Ten to find out and to learn about an important difference between these reasons.
Thursday Mar 09, 2017
Thursday Mar 09, 2017
Every year we remind ourselves not to forget about the mitzvah of remembering the story of Amalek. What is so important about these events and why is it significant that Haman, the villain of Purim is a defendant of this nefarious nation? Take Ten to find out.