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#31
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 6 min read

The Lone Learner

“Everyone wants to quit at some point, but if you don’t push yourself, you fall further behind and…

#30
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 7 min read

Born of Grief

The Torah tells us that after the death of Aharon’s two sons, “Vayidom Aharon— and Aharon was silent.”…

#29
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December 25, 2019 · 6 min read

Enjoying the Ride

I shall never forget his matter-of-fact reply, as if I had just pitched a suggestion even more idiotic…

#28
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 9 min read

From Finish to Start

What’s on the minds of the mega-siyum organizers, and what stirs their hearts as they put the finishing…

#27
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

Back Where I Belong

I figured, I’d already done daf yomi for two and a half cycles; now it was time to…

#26
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 5 min read

Loud and Clear

“Was it really worth it for me to spend an hour trying to even say two lines of…

#25
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

My Students, My Teachers

With each passing day, the anxiety began to build, and the pessimism began to percolate.

#24
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 13 min read

At the Endzone

Figuring that daf yomi was for the older generation of serious balabatim, I told myself that maybe I’d…

#23
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 5 min read

Waking Up to Day One

Nothing is forever, my sponsor said. Just take it one day at a time. Don’t obsess about tomorrow.…

#22
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

101 Days to Own a Daf

”If you want the learning you do to really make an impact,” Rav Schorr told the men, “then…

#21
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 8 min read

Deprogrammed

Why did I have that niggling feeling that I was being held in an invisible chokehold? Wasn’t this…

#20
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

Tehillim Yid

When a family member’s life hangs in the balance, and you sit paralyzed with fear, Tehillim provides a…

#19
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

33 Days of Silence

Each day passed with a sense of victory, a sense of anticipation, of emunah, of hope. Day 10,…

#18
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

Keeping the Rhythm

I got curious. Mutti was an enigmatic fellow and I knew he wouldn’t give me any easy answers,…

#17
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

For Baba

My dedication to fulfilling my section means so much to me; I so badly need to do something…

#16
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 6 min read

Just One Shabbos

I had just decided to keep Shabbos from now on, only to discover that my family had been…

#15
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 2 min read

Better Together: When the Years Melt Away

The chavrusas:Rav Dov Freund and Rabbi Yaakov Yitzchak Zupnik, Kiryat Sefer

#14
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 6 min read

Better Together: Virtual Connection

The chavrusas:Rabbi Avrohom Weinrib and Rabbi Aryeh Feigenbaum The location:Cincinnati, OH,and Dallas, TX

#13
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 5 min read

Better Together: Timed to Grow

The chavrusas:Gil Tal and Rabbi Yisrael Golombek, Moshav Ben Ami

#12
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

Better Together: Poetic Pair

It was cute. It was fun. But looking back, it was the most academically and spiritually positive experience…

#11
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 5 min read

Better Together: Chavrusa in City Hall

The Chavrusas: Lion and Rabbi Moshe Kovalski, Jerusalem City Hall

#10
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 7 min read

Better Together: Partners in Torah

The Chavrusas: Ronald (Reb Shlomo) Hofbauer,Rav Moshe Chaim Bransdorfer ztz”l, London

#9
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 6 min read

Better Together: Learning with the Swazi Prince

The chavrusas:Dean Henry Abramson and Rabbi Natan Gamedze, Ohr Sameach

#8
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

Better Together: A Seat in the Beis Medrash

The chavrusas:Aharon Razel and Moshe Chessed, Shaarei Chesed

#7
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 6 min read

If You Don’t Build

“But maybe, just maybe, one of us will survive. And maybe that person will be you."

#6
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 28 min read

They Toil That We May Toil

Three of the stellar team of top-flight talmidei chachamim who toiled for years to complete the Artscroll Shas…

#5
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 8 min read

My Life Raft

No matter what is going on in your life, you can always count on that hour every day…

#4
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 4 min read

Slipping Ahead

And so the day after her levayah, as I watched her husband crumple in on himself, I took…

#2
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 6 min read

Legacy of Learning

The chavrusas:Jeff Cohn and Eli Schlossberg, in Baltimore, MD

#3
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 12 min read

Clip and Save

Chananya Kramer spent the last 18 months filming daf yomi chaburos around the globe - and received the…

#1
Issue 791
December 25, 2019 · 18 min read

The Link

Montreal's Rav Pinchas Hirschprung was a pulsing link to the yeshivah and vision of Rav Meir Shapiro