Learning the hard way

Even having seen many, many first-year rabbinical students go through moments of feeling overwhelmed and like they’ll never understand the material, like they don’t belong, even having watched every single one of them push through those feelings and become incredibly learned, wise rabbis, I still go through moments where I feel overwhelmed and think everyone but me knows what they’re doing and that I’ll never catch up. I’m feeling deeply grateful to the people who held my vulnerability today and said, “It’s normal to feel this way, we all go through it.” I’m really lucky to be learning in such a caring community where we can talk so honestly and lovingly.