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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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Monday Feb 27, 2017
Monday Feb 27, 2017
In this Ten, we discuss the important question of how to best judge accomplishments. Is it greater to learn or give as much as possible? Or is the goal something else, something more subjective and dependent on that specific person? Take Ten to find out.
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
Sunday Feb 26, 2017
In this Ten, R' Lerner discuss the debate between Rambam and Ramban as to the nature of the requirement of Tefilah and their differing beliefs as to what is considered to be "crisis" enough to compel us to pray. He then continues into the structure of the prayers itself, to understand why we begin with a section on G-d instead of getting to our ever-present requests first.
Friday Feb 24, 2017
Friday Feb 24, 2017
Parashat Mishpatim is the first large collection of laws that were given to the Jews. This Ten looks closely at two of those laws: 1) the prohibition against cursing a leader and 2) the command to follow the majority and argues that each target behavior related to organizing a society and crowd control. Listen to why, for a fledgling nation, these laws may have been the most important.
Thursday Feb 23, 2017
Thursday Feb 23, 2017
Within our parsha are instructions as to what to do with a murderer who kills without intent. We learn about cities of refuge, created to house these people, and elsewhere in the Torah, we learn about their placement throughout the land of Israel. This Ten elaborates on a difficult question found in the gemara relating to this placement: Why did the 2.5 eastern tribes need so many cities of refuge? The answers might shock you.
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
Wednesday Feb 22, 2017
We know that the Written Torah isn't the full story needed for halachic living and instead, there is a significant oral component that assists us in interpreting it. This Ten offers seven reasons for WHY it had to be this way. Wouldn't it have been easier to just write it all down? The answer is NO, and these are the reasons why.
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017
Tuesday Feb 21, 2017
"If a man acquire a Jewish slave..." is how Parshat Mishpatim, the formal lists of laws following the revelation in Yitro, begins. Are these really the first things that matter for our legal system? This Ten offers an answer that has ramifications towards understanding the roles of the written and oral Torahs.
Monday Feb 20, 2017
Monday Feb 20, 2017
There is a fundamental debate regarding the nature of the obligation of prayer between Maimonides and Nachmanides. This Ten discusses the origins of this debate and more significantly, attempts to understand the position that daily prayer is NOT mandated by the Torah, and only a Rabbinic ideal. How can this be? Take Ten to find out.
Friday Feb 17, 2017
Friday Feb 17, 2017
In this 80th(!) edition of TakeTen4Torah, we discuss the lesson learned from the behavior of Yitro. Why did he go out of his way to join the Jewish people? What had he seen and heard that others hadn't? Take Ten to learn what it takes not only to hear, but to listen as well.
Thursday Feb 16, 2017
Thursday Feb 16, 2017
A careful reading of the Ten commandments will show differences between the version in our parsha and the version repeated my Moshe at the end of his life. What are those differences and why do they appear? This Ten shares these differences and three overarching ideas to consider as to why they exist.
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Other than meals and prayer, is there anything in particular we are supposed to be doing on Shabbat? This Ten discusses the obligation we have to use Shabbat as an island of sanity in our crazy week on which we are meant to focus on Torah study and spiritual innovation. After a quick nap of course.