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Dirshu has a serious problem. They are in trouble.

They don’t know how they are going to find room to accommodate the thousands who have signed up to take the Kinyan Torah Daf Yomi Tests. In less than two weeks, Dirshu’s first test on the first 30 blatt in this machzor of Daf Yomi will take place and in Israel alone, a whopping 10,000 people have already signed up to take the tests! In America, there has also been an exponential increase in those seeking to join Dirshu and take the Daf Yomi Kinyan Torah tests.

One member of the Dirshu hanhala quipped, “We may be forced to rent out the Yad Eliyahu Stadium where the Siyum HaShas was held, just to accommodate those taking the tests!

“We Wish Such Problems on Everyone!”

Indeed, Rabbi Ahron Gobioff, Dirshu’s director of operations in America said, “We wish everyone such problems and such troubles! This new problem of finding space for the thousands of test takers who want to have a real kinyan in Shas is exactly the kind of problem that Dirshu welcomes. It is the greatest indicator that the Dirshu revolution is taking root all over the world in an unprecedented way!”

Rabbi Avigdor Berenstein, a senior member of Dirshu’s hanhala in Israel, said, “We knew there would be a significant increase in participation after the Siyum HaShas, but even we were taken by surprise at the simply amazing response. At the upcoming test alone,” he continued, “there will be more than 10,000 people taking a test on 30 blatt in the Kinyan Torah program. That is just one of Dirshu’s programs.

There are still thousands more in Daf HaYomi B’Halacha, Kinyan Halacha, and the myriad yeshiva programs! And this,” Rabbi Berenstein exclaimed, “is only in Eretz Yisroel. Throughout the rest of the world – the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, Russia and Australia, there are so many more taking the tests.”

A True Historic Milestone

Without a doubt, the upcoming Dirshu Kinyan Torah test is a historic moment in the history of Klal Yisroel. Despite the general, easy use of the word historic, in this case it truly is historic. There is no precedent in recorded history of so many people taking one test the world over on so much learning, 30 blatt! This is not a test on a page or two it is on 30 entire blatt, 60 pages!

This is not a test taken by 10 people, 100 people or even 1,000 people. It is a test being taken by more than 10,000 people in Eretz Yisroel alone and so many more in Chutz La’aretz!

Dirshu Unifier of Klal Yisroel

Kinyan Torah, the desire to learn with accountability to really achieve a kinyan in Torah through taking Dirshu tests, is something that crosses all ideological lines. Dirshu’s offices have been inundated with requests from Ashkenazim and Sephardim, Chassidim and Yeshivaleit, kollel yungeleit and baalei batim, Modern Orthodox and Religious Zionists, Jews from all walks of life who are b’achdus, in true unity, unified by the one thing that we all share in common, a desire to learn Hashem’s Torah in way that will remain with us!

30 Blatt of Gemara – with Rashi and Tosafos!

Another truly momentous development is the fact that thousands will also be taking the tests with Tosafos! Yes, Dirshu has not only a Gemara, Rashi track but a Gemara ,Rashi, and Tosafos track as well. The test for many, will cover 30 blatt not just with Rashi but with Tosafos too! At the Dirshu World Siyum, the Nasi of Dirshu, Rav Dovid Hofstedter put out a clarion call to all those who are able to raise their hasagos, their goals and when possible to not only learn with Rashi but to add Tosafos as well. A very significant number have answered that call and many, many talmidei chachomim will be taking the upcoming test of 30 blatt with both Rashi and Tosafos!

Aftermath of the World Siyum

This massive wave of new enrollment is undoubtedly a direct result of the magnificent kiddush Hashem and kovod haTorah that so embodied the Dirshu World Siyum celebrations in Eretz Yisroel this summer.
The kovod haTorah, the fact that the most senior gedolei hador from across the spectrum, not only came to the siyum but spoke about the amazing Torah revolution created by Dirshu and encouraged Klal Yisroel to join, is certainly a tremendously contributing factor.

In fact, in addition to celebrating the accomplishments of the thousands of Dirshu participants, one of the purposes of the World Siyum was to draw attention to how Dirshu was transforming both the limud haTorah and the very lives of its participants in order to encourage more people to join. Baruch Hashem, the peiros, the practical outcome of the siyum, has been a massive unprecedented increase in enrollment that even surprised the optimists on the hanhala of Dirshu!

The Largest Yeshiva and Kollel in the World!

One more component is signified by the more than 10,000 enrollees in Kinyan Torah in Eretz Yisrael. We know how difficult it is for bnei Torah to live and make ends meet in Eretz Yisrael. With the government constantly cutting funding combined with the specter of the army and more budget cuts hovering over the Torah community of Eretz Yisrael, Dirshu’s generous stipend for excellent results provides desperately needed funds to sustain the families of the most elite, deserving bnei Torah. Dirshu is thus the ultimate, not only in promoting Torah, but in promoting Toras chessed! It promotes enhanced limud haTorah and an additional monthly check that can literally put food into the mouths of the families of needy talmidei chachomim.

In fact, at the World Siyum, one of the prominent roshei yeshiva mentioned that Dirshu is the biggest kollel and largest yeshiva in the world. It is a yeshiva without walls; a kollel without a formal bais medrash but nevertheless, a kollel that literally spans the entire globe!

When contemplating the ultimate, takeaway message, the l’maaseh, the practical outcome of the World Siyum, it is mindboggling to realize that the siyum was the catalyst for exponential increase in limud haTorah. An increase both in quantity, representing the numbers enrolled in Kinyan Torah, and in quality with so many taking the tests with Tosafos, and an unprecedented achdus among all segments of Klal Yisroel and the joining of the pillar of Torah and chessed in an unmatched way.

What About You?

The truth is, reading these words and analyzing the Dirshu ads is an eye opener; it gives the reader an idea of the size, scope, reach and transformative affect that Dirshu has on its participants. Nevertheless, one cannot really appreciate just how much Dirshu does for one’s learning, for one’s own ruchniyus and for that of his family, until he actually joins and tastes how sweet limud haTorah with accountability, with a “plan”, really is! Rather than analyzing its advertisements, commenting on its important events, the only way to really see how Dirshu is a life transformer, an organization, a movement that will enhance your ruchniyus to the utmost, is by trying it.

Dirshu is still accepting enrollment. If you are learning Daf Hayomi and you want to get more out of it; if you want to take your learning to a totally different level and dimension, start chazering, reviewing and join Dirshu, the test is just over a week away… and the next one is a month later. What better way to fulfill Chazal’s exhortation, “Ashrei Mi Sh’ba L’kan V’talmudo B’Yado!

To join any of Dirshu’s programs please call Dirshu’s offices at 1-888-5-Dirshu.

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