This Sunday, on Rosh Chodesh Sivan, a monumental event occurred over the world. No, it had nothing to do with the corona virus, although it was affected by it. And it wasn’t connected to the political fallout from the virus. Rather it was a preparation for Kabbalas Hatorah that spanned the globe. As the well-known Rashi writes the acceptance of the Torah hinges on the unity of Klal Yisroel – “K’ish Echad B’Leiv Echad”. And on this day, Jews from Australia to Ashdod, from France to Far Rockaway took part in the Siyum of Seder Moed of the weekly daf learning program Daf Hashovua. After an amazing fourteen years of learning, reviewing and in-depth learning of page after page of Seder Moed, this amazing milestone has finally been reached. The virtual Siyum began with words from R’ Duvy Gross, an early supporter of Daf Hashovua who related that although we are in unusual circumstances now, a Holocaust survivor related to him how when the Nazis closed all the shuls and yeshivos, this survivor joined a group of partisans who spent most of their time trying to live daily. But at the end of each day, they would all learn together which infused them with life and vigor to keep them going. R’ Duvy said that this is always true for B’nei Yisroel, the Daf Gemara gives us our support and strength to continue. Divrei Bracha were then given by Maran HaRav Shmuel Kaminetsky Shlita, who expressed his joy over the Siyum and especially the fact that the Daf Hashovua program is spearheaded by R’ Shimi Globman, a native of Philadelphia. HaRav Shmuel gave all the participants a fervent bracha to be able to continue their shteiging. Rav Moshe Ahron Friedman Shlita, R”M of Mirrer Yerushalayim and maggid shiur of Daf Hashovua then spoke in his unimitable way, drawing from all Moadim to weave a tapestry of our connection to the Yamim Tovim. He explained that the days of sefira are a form of a Moed as the Ramban refers to them as a Chol Hamoed and our job is to “count” them by making each day count. HaRav Yisroel Reisman, Rosh Yeshiva Torah Voda’as then addressed the participants. He spoke about the benefits of consistency in learning, as well as the benefits of learning bi’iyun. “You have the best of both worlds” enthused Rav Reisman, by learning with iyun and with a consistent pace. He explained how ol Torah was that was given at Har Sinai creatd a new nature in the world. While mitzvos before SHavuos were merely commandments, the giving of the Torah had a profound affect on the world as the Torah changed the world. Rav Reisman explained that nowhere is this more evident than in a person himself. A person holding in learning, who is bothered by a difficulty, is a totally different person. After some slow heartfelt songs from R’ Boruch Levine, Rav Daniel Glatstein spoke. He explained how in just a few years after joining, his kehilla has the satisfaction of having 180 blatt Gemara under their belts. He said that since they have joined Daf Hashovua, the Kehilla has had a significant change for the better and have special chizuk from being in a wonderful program. R’ Moshe Hellman, who sponsored Seder Moed […]

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