Anxiety thrives on unstructured attention. Mine certainly did. I found relief in an unexpected place. Daily Torah study has noticeably reduced my anxiety even as the world around me has gotten more and more anxiety-inducing. Daily Torah study replaces passive consumption with active engagement and spiritual grounding. It creates structured community and focused conversations, offering an alternative to the endless, often anxiety-provoking conversations driven by social media and the news cycle.

I am a full time attorney, part time rabbinical student, spouse, and parent of teens. I have struggled with anxiety for my entire adult life. Since starting daily Torah study several years ago, I have seen my ability to handle the ups and downs that come with world events grow exponentially. Daily Torah study takes me out of the dark cycles of doom scrolling and mindless reels and makes me feel productive. I am a person that loves to check boxes and there are programs for daily study of Tanakh, mishnah, and gemara that have boxes to check, goals to achieve, and celebrations along the way.

In college decades ago, I took a course called “Introduction to the Hebrew Bible.” During the........

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