{"id":163,"date":"2020-05-05T08:04:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T08:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sitefortests.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"2020-05-05T08:37:21","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T08:37:21","slug":"rabbi-dolgin-tells-a-great-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaschabura.com\/rabbi-dolgin-tells-a-great-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Rabbi Dolgin tells a great story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One evening \u2013 about two years ago, I was sitting down to dinner when I received an interesting phone call. \u201cReb Sender\u201d the man said, \u201cI am calling to express hakoras hatov<\/em> to you \u2013 you saved my life\u201d!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on to explain that his nine-year-old son had been acting up in Cheder<\/em>, and he was advised by the menahel<\/em> that his child was \u201cthe most difficult child I have seen in all my years of chinuch<\/em>\u201d and if there won\u2019t be a drastic change in his performance and behavior, he will be asked to leave the Cheder<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t know the source of my son\u2019s problem and I was exasperated because I did not know where to turn\u201d he said \u201cbut someone showed me a brochure describing the Shas Chabura method of learning and how it has changed the lives of many people. Well, Reb Sender, it has been nearly two years since that day and we have learned and chazered<\/em> all of Seder Moed<\/em> and half of Seder Nizikin<\/em>. Now my son\u2019s Rebbe calls regularly to compliment my son for being the best talmid<\/em> in his class and for his ability to grasp new material and retain older material through chazara<\/em>. It made me very proud\u201d. \u201cFurthermore\u201d he said, \u201cThis seder<\/em> has created such a strong emotional and physical bond between my son and I \u2013 one that could only be created through limud haTorah<\/em> \u2013 and for all of this I thank you. It\u2019s come to a point that my son refuses to go to bed every night until we have learned our prescribed quota. May the Ribino Shel Olam<\/em> give you and your wonderful method siyata dishmaya<\/em> to help others as you have helped me\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was humbled by his warm words and could only respond by thanking him and by telling him \u201cReb Yid, you don\u2019t begin to understand what you have done for your child. Not only have you given him a feeling of accomplishment in his actions, but you have given him the greatest gift of all \u2013 the appreciation of Chazara<\/em>. In addition he has acquired a skill that he will enjoy all of his life, one that many are never zocheh<\/em> to achieve \u2013 the ability to set clear goals in their learning. I\u2019ll tell you another thing, when one continuously chazars<\/em> his learning \u2013 the different sugyos<\/em> begin to come together causing an unbelievable amount of satisfaction. This brings a simchas<\/em> hachayim<\/em> and an areivos<\/em> \u2013 a sweetness in his ahavas haTorah<\/em>.\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I hung up the phone on this father I couldn\u2019t help but ask myself;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n