“It’s a real shame to define beauty solely through the eyes of society, and to not develop our own opinion of what’s pretty”
I just read your article on the OU’s Nach Yomi women’s program and was so fascinated by the backstory.
Last summer I felt that I needed a bucket list. All my children were at camp for eight weeks, and it was time to focus on some things I wanted to do. And while I absolutely wanted to have lots of fun (I did!), I also realized that I missed text-based learning.
I decided to begin with Sefer Yehoshua and then go as far as I could go until I would restart the cycle with others this winter. I can’t describe how perfect the 15-minute run time is. It’s deep, covers ground, and yet is so doable. I completed Yehoshua and then wound up taking a break and restarting with the new cycle and am now up to Shmuel I with them.
I found it helpful to buy the ArtScroll Neviim and follow along while listening, as I’m more of a visual than audio learner.
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