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

I figured, I’d already done daf yomi  for two and a half cycles; now it was time to move on. So I dropped the shiur and joined the kollel instead.

“Was it really worth it for me to spend an hour trying to even say two lines of Gemara until I figured out what the words are?”

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

Nothing is forever, my sponsor said. Just take it one day at a time. Don’t obsess about tomorrow. That’s way too big.