The word “Bereishis” greeted me like a positive sign, and I knew I’d found a fitting place to begin my journey

Like many girls who spend a year in Israel post high school, by the end of seminary I was riding high on the wings of ruchniyus. It had been a year where my only task was to immerse myself in Torah and Eretz Yisrael as I tried to scale the mountains of spiritual growth.

But I sensed what was just up ahead: adulthood, complete with its boatload of responsibilities and mundane tasks. I found myself pondering the classic post-seminary dilemma: How could I bridge the gap back into the “real world” while holding on to as much spirituality as possible?

I knew I needed to find an IV drip of inspiration. I didn’t want to lose that seminary spark and decided the best way to keep it aflame was to commit to a learning project with manageable units of daily study.

It started with learning a daily perek of Tanach. I remember the moment it began quite clearly: During one of my last days of seminary, I sat in a room pulsating with lively girls learning around me. I took out a new green Tanach and opened to the first page. The word “Bereishis” greeted me like a positive sign, and I knew I’d found a fitting place to begin my journey.