Imagine davening the Yom Kippur Mussaf and being intimately familiar with the avodah of the Kohen on Yom Kippur! This year it is possible and relatively simple. The Amud HaYomi is beginning Masechta Yuma this week, 12 Iyar/April 29. By learning one amud per day, you can come into Yom Kippur with a clear understanding of every aspect of the avodah and exactly how the kapparah of Yom Kippur was done. What a zechus and kapparah that would be for you and Klal Yisrael!

In an unprecedented development, just last week, HaGaon HaRav Berel Povarsky, shlita, venerated Rosh Yeshiva of Ponovezh and the Zekan Roshei Yeshiva in Eretz Yisrael, issued a historic letter calling on Yidden all over the world to join the Amud HaYomi as they embark on Masechta Yuma; emphasizing that, beyond its place in Seder Moed, it uniquely opens the foundations of Seder Kodshim, making this an especially opportune time to join.

The great interest being generated for the learning of Amud HaYomi in advance of Masechta Yuma was not born in a vacuum. In the weeks before Pesach, the Amud HaYomi program learned Perek Arvei Pesachim and Dirshu invested great effort into facilitating the opening of many new Amud HaYomi shiurim so that participants could learn the sugyos of the seder night before Pesach. The response was phenomenal!

Throughout the United States and Canada, Dirshu has established over 200 Amud HaYomi shiurim with many hundreds more in Eretz Yisrael and Europe!

HaGaon HaRav Dovid Cohen, shlita, Rosh Yeshivas Chevron maintained that the slower pace of Amud HaYomi enables a person to learn with a much more enhanced understanding of what he is learning and allows more time for chazara as well.

Another important reason, especially relevant now amid the great uncertainty in the world, as noted by HaGaon HaRav Moshe Hillel Hirsch, shlita.”Several months ago, right before the Amud HaYomi embarked on Masechta Eruvin, the Slabodka Rosh Yeshiva said, “This limud has the power to protect Klal Yisrael at a time when its enemies seek its destruction. Everyone knows the difficult situation in which the Torah world finds itself. And what saves us?” he exclaimed, “Only an increase in Torah learning and in kavod haTorah!”

On Rosh Chodesh Shevat, HaGaon HaRav Isamar Garbuz, shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Orchos Torah, issued a powerful and compelling letter calling on Yidden to join the Amud HaYomi in advance of the commencement of Perek Arvei Pesachim. The letter states that after Pesach, they will go m’chayil el chayil and begin Masechta Yuma which they will learn until the coming Yom Kippur. This will provide tremendous benefit because the lomdim will be able to learn about the Yom Tov of Yom Kippur in advance of that holy day.

 If you want to experience the avodah on Yom Kippur in a way that you have never before experienced it, NOW is the time to join the Amud HaYomi. Don’t push it off!

To join the Amud HaYomi and to complete Masechta Yuma by this coming Yom Kippur, please contact Dirshu at [email protected] or at 1-888-5Dirshu.