Oct. 22, 2023

Reb Dovid Trenk: Navigating the Chavrusa Tumult

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Season 5

How does the quest for a perfect study partner or Chavrusa in Yeshivas Mir, BMG, and Brisk transform from a nerve-wracking task to an enriching experience? Tonight, we pull back the curtain on a tradition that might seem bewildering to some but bears the potential to forge lifelong friendships and invaluable learning experiences. With thousands of scholars seeking their ideal Chavrusa, we follow the unorthodox approach of Reb Dovid Trenk, a man who turned the tables on the tumult.

Reb Dovid Trenk, a revered scholar, was known for his simple yet profound strategy during the Chavrusa tumult. While others scurried to find their perfect match, Trink patiently waited for the one left behind nobody wanted to learn with. His story shows kindness, empathy, and a remarkable commitment to fostering a stimulating and inclusive learning environment. As we unravel his inspiring journey, this episode prompts us to reflect upon our strategies, choices, and values in thinking about others. A vital lesson in patience, empathy, and selflessness, Rabbi Trenk's approach to the Chavrusa tumult is not just a story worth telling but a life lesson worth living.

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You gotta see it to believe it.

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Really it's unbelievable, Something to marvel at.

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But if you've ever been involved in one, some find it extremely worrisome and nail-biting.

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Others very rewarding and exhilarating.

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And I'm referring to what they call a Chavrusa tumult, when at the beginning of a new Zaman, a new semester, the thousands of singles that are inside of Y'shivas Mir or BMG or Y'shivas Brisk will go outside right before the semester and mingle to try to find the proper study partner.

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It really is Shedochim To find the perfect Chavrusa, where they bring the best out in you and everyone has the same temperament.

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They're bright and they push you, but not too much.

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They don't smell, there's just a lot going on.

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How they sit is their Gamara in your way.

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It's gotta be something that really clicks and if it does, you become lifelong friends.

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It's something special.

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But for one great person the Chavrusa tumult went very, very differently and on tonight's Motivation Congregation Storytime Edition it's really something to behold.

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The great Repdoved Trink.

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Listen to how his Chavrusa tumult went.

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For him when he was in Y'shivas Mir it was quite simple Everyone would go outside and while clamoring to find the best possible Chavrusa, sending over Shedochim or a Shadchim to go say hey, maybe you want to learn with me.

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Repdoved, would wait until the very end.

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Wait until the end until there was one person left who didn't have a Chavrusa.

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Nobody wanted to learn with it.

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He said it was simple.

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I would go learn with that person and we'd have a great Zaman.

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He had tremendous Chatslacha.

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He was somebody that would just love them and his thoughtfulness, the way he would care about somebody, the way that you imagine every person that they're in the Y'shiva.

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They're trying to just put all of their energies into becoming the biggest Talmud Chacham.

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This is the most important event of the Zaman, perhaps of their lives up until this point, and he is willing to put until the very end all of it just to help somebody else.

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That's the Chavrusa tumult of Agamal.

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He truly was such a tzadik and a legendary mechanech, Tsuchusayag.

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And a lady was Neshama, Shadav and Aliyah.

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And let us all strive to mimic his ways the best of possible and thinking about others, Trying to help and encourage them and everyone's dogging together.