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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 Dec 27, 2016
Tuesday Dec 27, 2016
In this third installment of the "Believe It or Not" series, Rabbi Lerner discusses the teleological argument for G-d's existence. Can we find G-d - as Avraham did - in looking at the world and the orderliness of the universe? What do we mean when we speak of G-d as the one who constantly renews all of creation? These and more questions are answered in this ten minute installment.
Monday Dec 26, 2016
Monday Dec 26, 2016
We find some very unique laws relating to the lighting of the Menorah. This Ten discusses the - mostly unknown - beracha made while walking down a street and simply witnessing the lights of someone else's Menorah. Why would we make a beracha on this mitzvah "sighting" and not on witnessing other mitzvot? The answer to this and more in Ten or less.
Sunday Dec 25, 2016
Sunday Dec 25, 2016
This Ten reviews some of the most common things that one needs to know before and after lighting your Chanukah candles. When to light? For how long? What if they go out? What if I need to leave and blow out the candles? These and more in Ten or less. Or slightly more. Chanukah Sameach!!
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
In many families, the holiday of Chanukah involves the giving of gifts and Chanuka gelt of the non-chocolate variety. Does this have any real justification other than mimicking other similar holiday practices that go on this time of year? This Ten discusses our gelt-giving goals, being guilted into gifts, and whether this is all gevaldig, or should we all just say "genikt", or for once and for all: "gamarnu!"
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
Thursday Dec 22, 2016
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.
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
Tuesday Dec 20, 2016
In this second part or the "Believe It or Not" series, R' Lerner discusses the uniqueness of Jewish belief, formulation of the Rambam's belief phrases, and the amazing future foretold that we believe to be unfolding before our eyes.
Monday Dec 19, 2016
Monday Dec 19, 2016
In this Ten we learn the source for the Mitzvah of lighting the candles of Chanukah. You'll be surprised to find out the origin of this law, how it was constructed, and the various opinions surrounding it. But what will shock you most is that you have been doing way more than you ever needed to.. and that that is exactly the point.
Monday Dec 19, 2016
Monday Dec 19, 2016
In this first of eight Tens devoted to Chanukah, we discuss why the holiday of Chanukah seems to be the first to break the "They tried to kill us, we survived, let's eat!" pattern. Why is it shaped so differently than Purim, the only other Rabbinic holiday? This and more in this 1/8 Chanukah Ten.
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
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.
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
Thursday Dec 15, 2016
"Believe it or Not" is a new TakeTen4Torah weekly series taught by Rabbi Yaacov Lerner. In this first part, learn about the fundamentals of our Jewish belief system. Amongst the issues discussed: Can we actually be commanded to believe?