It might not look dramatic to you but it was life-changing for me

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ou think you’re a good guy, a solid guy, you’re in kollel, learning and progressing. But you never dream that you can actually know it all, have it all, have a rigorous understanding of Shas at your fingertips. That’s only for the geniuses.

It’s not for you.

I was a pretty standard, solid avreich, who learned sedorim when I was supposed to, and took vacations when they were permitted. That means that I wasn’t so into learning during bein hazmanim – instead, I’d spend those precious few weeks having “fun,” which meant making sure we had a well-earned family vacation, and for me, it mostly meant playing basketball. After all, it was a good physical outlet and kept me in shape.

I know it sounds like a cliché, like an advertisement for Dirshu, but I can honestly say that the Kinyan Shas program showed me that by putting one foot in front of the other, I could discover strengths I thought were reserved for the elite of the beis medrash.