Frequently asked questions

One Mishnah, once a day, for as long as you keep it.

It renews month to month on its own; there is nothing to do to keep it.

You can stop any time from My Mishnayos. It stays yours through the end of the month, and then another Yid can take it on.

Months here are English calendar months, not Jewish months.

You can stop any time from My Mishnayos.

Your Mishnah stays yours through the end of the current English calendar month, and it shows as Ending so another Yid can take it over for next month.

Ending means its learner has chosen to step down when the current English calendar month ends.

It is still theirs, and still being learned, through the end of the month.

You can claim it now for next month. It stays with them until the month turns, and then it becomes yours. Taking over an Ending Mishnah is what lets it carry on without a single day's break, so if you see one, it is well worth taking.

The hope is that you carry it through the end of the month.

If you need to stop now, you can release it right away from My Mishnayos, so another Yid can take it on.

Yes. You can claim a Mishnah any day of the month.

It is yours through the end of the current English calendar month, and it renews on its own from there until you stop it.

At midnight, New York time. That's when the day's dedication changes and the next day's Shas Mishnayos begins.

In Eretz Yisroel that's 7am, so your morning Mishnah is the first learning of the new day.

Aim for consistency, but if you missed a day, it is what it is. Don't give up over one missed day.

Yes, up to two Mishnayos.

The limit is on purpose: the program is built to be sustainable, not heroic. Once a Mishnah is familiar it takes under a minute a day, and two is the most that stays that light.

The hope is that you stay with your Mishnah through the month.

If you need to switch, or you picked the wrong one by mistake, you can release it from My Mishnayos and claim any open one.

No. Everything here is bli neder, and claiming a Mishnah is not a formal halachic commitment.

It still deserves to be treated like it matters: the whole idea rests on each Mishnah actually being learned, every day, by the Yid who claimed it.

Men and boys of learning age.

Separate, more inclusive learning initiatives may be explored in the future.

That is a great idea in theory, and many learning programs do exactly that.

This one has a different goal: being genuinely doable for everyone, every single day.

Learning the same Mishnah every day means that after a short while it is familiar, even memorized, and takes a minute or two. That is what lets thousands of Yidden, whatever their background or schedule, learn daily and finish all of Shas Mishnayos together.

Each day's dedication is posted on the website.

We open a machzor sheni, and all 4,192 Mishnayos open up again for new learners.

All of Shas Mishnayos would then be learned twice each day rather than once, which is exactly the outcome we are hoping for.