Join Klal Yisroel in learning Mishnah Yomi as the new cycle begins this Shabbos, 21 Teves, December 25, and learn just two�mishnayos�a day and complete Shas in time for the next Siyum HaShas!

In 1923, towards the end of the first�Knessiah Gedolah�of Agudas Yisroel in Vienna, Rav Meir Shapiro�s groundbreaking concept of Daf Yomi, the world-wide initiative to study the same�daf�of Gemara each day and finish the complete cycle of�Talmud Bavli�in just over seven years, changed the world.

An extension of the concept of Daf Yomi, made popular around the world after the first�Knessiah Gedolah�of Agudas Yisroel, came about in 1933 when, at a meeting of�gedolim�in Lublin, it was proposed that�mishnah�should be studied daily as well. Many�gedolim�of the time accepted the proposal, which was directly connected to the Daf Yomi. A Mishnah Yomi calendar with the exact dates of the learning cycle was printed and set in motion.

In 1938, at the second Siyum HaShas, Rav Aryeh Tzvi Frommer, Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin, discussed the importance of learning�mishnayos�for everyone. And the format for Mishnah Yomi that we follow today came about in 1947, when Rav Yonah Sztencl, a�talmid�of Rav Frommer, recommended a plan for everyone to be able to complete all of�Shishah Sidrei Mishnah�by learning two�mishnayos�each day. This plan became widely accepted and was endorsed by Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer, the Tchebiner Rov, the Gerrer Rebbe, and many others.

Today, Ki Heim Chayeinu, a division of Agudas Yisroel dedicated to bringing Torah into everyone�s day, carries on the legacy of Rav Meir Shapiro�s Daf Yomi by leading the charge to bring the vital program of Mishnah Yomi to everyone. Mishnah Yomi is an accessible, valuable and eminently attainable goal for young and old alike. The Mishnah Yomi program allows for a�siyum�to be made every year!

By finishing Shishah Sidrei Mishnah, we learn the entire Shas, the entire Torah�sheb�al peh. Daf Yomi learns the entire Talmud Bavli, and Maseches Shekalim, which is part of�Talmud Yerushalmi. However, Daf Yomi doesn�t learn�Seder Zera�im�and�Taharos, except for�Maseches Brachos�and�Niddah. Rabbi Shalom Kamenetsky points out: �To finish Shas in its entirety by learning the�mishnayos�as well, is an incredible accomplishment, and the�siyata d�Shmaya�is unparalleled.�

Although some don�t realize the importance of learning�mishnayos, Rabbi Moshe Heinemann tells us that �saying that�mishnayos�is just for kids and we adults don’t need to learn�mishnayos�is like saying�chumash�is for children but we just learn�gemara. It is completely wrong. The whole�gemara�and all of that Torah is based on the�mishanyos! Even Rav Moshe Feinstein zt�l used to learn two�mishnayos�a day while he rolled his�tefillin.�

Because�mishnayos�are so accessible, they require only a minimal commitment of time. By joining now, allotting less than 10 minutes to learn just two�mishnayos�a day, anyone can complete�mishnayos�in its entirety in time for the next Global Siyum of Daf Yomi.

As we approach the new Mishnah Yomi cycle, excitement is building. Many Daf Yomi�maggidei shiur�have already committed to making Mishnah Yomi part of their daily�shiur, and dozens of schools have arranged to have their students join the learning of Mishnah Yomi for the new cycle.

Ki Heim Chayeinu is sponsoring thousands of copies of pocket-size Maseches Brachos of the Schottenstein Elucidated Mishnah and Ryzman Hebrew Mishnah for those who commit to learn Mishnah Yomi.