Today, 14th of Kislev, is the yahrtzeit of Rebbe Yehuda HaNassi, the final codifier of our Mishnayos. It would only be fitting for everyone capable to learn a Mishna L'Ilui Nishmaso. We all know that our Mishnayos are the basis of Torah SheBaal Peh, and that many mesechtos of Mishnayos do not currently have Gemara written upon them, which makes Mishna study all the more essential. Indeed, the Shela HaKadosh writes: 'It has been transmitted from previous generations to me that one who is well-versed in Mishnayos will not be 'roeh pnei gehenom'--will not encounter the face of gehenom.' As we have mentioned from HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, Shlita, the Steipler Gaon, Z'TL, advised his daughters to learn Mishnayos Avos on their mother's Yahrtzeit. If one studies just two Mishnayos a day, he will have studied 730 mishnayos a year. Without the need for complex mathematics, this means that several years of only several minutes a day, translates into thousands of Mishnayos studied, and your very own Siyum HaShas. This is an incredible personal opportunity, and today is an auspicious--and segulah filled--day to begin!
Reprinted with permission from Hakhel MIS
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