tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330094970861530581.post3230181527295229712..comments2023-04-26T11:58:32.396-04:00Comments on Breathing Space: Nach Yomibreathingspacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08660982658933603531noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330094970861530581.post-64405806809987580902012-08-09T22:44:38.760-04:002012-08-09T22:44:38.760-04:00The OU has a Nach Yomi schedule. I think they jus...The OU has a Nach Yomi schedule. I think they just started a cycle some months back. The whole thing takes close to three years.AztecQueen2000https://www.blogger.com/profile/09371826731550331938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3330094970861530581.post-22149001492178153352012-08-09T19:25:24.677-04:002012-08-09T19:25:24.677-04:00I have embarked on similar projects in the past. M...I have embarked on similar projects in the past. Most have failed, but I found one that succeeded for nearly two years, and could likely succeed in the future.<br /><br />I initially wanted to do a Rambam Yomi program with the Mishneh Torah. First I tried jumping on the bandwagon and following along with the "official" schedule. That failed. Then I tried being super ambitious and went for Chabad's three-chapter-a-day program. That also failed. My problem was exactly as you described: some days I just wasn't in the mood, and I didn't like rushing through it "just to be <i>yotzei</i>," and once I missed time, it was impossible to catch up.<br /><br />Then, one day, I devised a system. I told myself that every day, immediately following Shacharis AND Maariv, I would open up my Mishneh Torah and do one of the following things: (1) read a few halachos, (2) read half of a <i>perek,</i> or (3) read a full <i>perek</i>. The idea was that on the more ambitious days, I could do a full <i>perek</i>, and on the days when I wasn't in the mood, I could at least make myself do a few halachos (with "few" being left intentionally undefined). As for the half-<i>perek</i>: sometimes the <i>perek</i> was extremely long and half seemed like a more realistic length, and other times, I'd start by telling myself I'd do half, and then I'd realize by the time I got there that I might as well finish the <i>perek</i>. <br /><br />For me, the key was the psychological flexibility. Whenever I set it up so that the program became a taskmaster, I lost motivation and/or rebelled. This worked for two years, and then mysteriously stopped. I don't know why I haven't started it up again. Perhaps I'll do it tonight!<br /><br />One more tidbit. Rabbi Moskowitz once told me that when he was much younger, he spent some time in the vicinity of Rav Yaakov Kaminetsky. Rav Kaminetsky had a little pocket Nach which he kept in his <i>talis</i> bag, and he had a Nach Yomi program going as well. However, Rabbi Moskowitz also saw that he <b>didn't</b> keep a Nach in his Shabbos <i>talis</i> bag. What insight did Rabbi Moskowitz derive from this observation? - That Rav Kaminetsky saw the value in doing Nach yomi, but (in Rabbi Moskowitz's words) <b>he wasn't neurotic about it</b>.Agur bin Yakehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05476006892893828340noreply@blogger.com