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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 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.
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
Tuesday Feb 14, 2017
What is the actual requirement when it comes to prayer? In this Ten, Rabbi Lerner discusses the history and development of the standardization of prayer. From the early beginnings with minimal responsibility to a full, prophetically inspired siddur, see how and why the prayers came to be and important, practical implications of this history.
Monday Feb 13, 2017
Monday Feb 13, 2017
There is a conception out there that of the various 613 mitzvot, the 10 taught to us in the moments of revelation at Sinai are the most important. Does this idea bear out in our sources? This Ten discusses the historical consideration of this notion and the reactions to it. Will we "stand" for the idea that these ten are more important than the others? Take Ten to find out.
Thursday Feb 09, 2017
Thursday Feb 09, 2017
G-d tells Adam and Eve to "conquer" the world. In that case, what is the Jewish perspective in Environmentalism? Are concepts such as conservation and pollution actually found in the Torah? In honor of Tu b'Shvat, take Ten to find out how Judaism attempts to navigate the delicate balance between want and waste.
Thursday Feb 09, 2017
Thursday Feb 09, 2017
This Shabbat, the 15th day of Shevat, has become something of a Jewish Arbor Day, on which we focus on an appreciation of the natural world. This Ten sources the notion that the natural world, with all of its minutia, is understood to have layers of purpose and that it behooves us, on this day and all others, to investigate and appreciate all it has to offer.