“Thank you, Hashem!” he whispered silently. “Thank you for giving my rebbi the idea to review the first perek"

As he walked to yeshivah, Yitzy sensed that there was something different about today. He was feeling something new. That feeling was confidence. After learning with his father the previous night, he felt that he knew the Mishnayos. Maybe he didn’t know it perfectly, but not as badly as he had thought. There was now a glimmer of hope that maybe the Mishnayos competition was not so impossible for him to win.
On the way into yeshivah, he met Yossi.
“Are we learning together today, Yossi?” he asked.
Yossi looked shocked.
“You mean you really meant it when you asked me last night?” asked Yossi.
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