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Shalom, friends!

Shalom, Friends! There’s nothing I love quite as much as learning something Jewish, and then turning around and telling everyone else about that thing I just learned - just in my own words and with a lot of jokes.

I'm participating in Daf Yomi, the 7.5 year-long cycle to learn the entire Babylonian Talmud at the rate of one page daily. In December 2021, during the pandemic, I posted my first TikTok ever, in which I did a “reactions” video for something rather unexpected for that genre - I offered some hot takes on a story from the Talmud. 

As each day I had new material to work with, the #DafReactions series was born. To my delight, and surprise, thousands of you decided to follow along with me on my learning journey since I began this project. I have never felt like I had a real community, until all of you came into my life. 

#DafReactions now has several spinoff series in the recognizable comedic tone and style I had established: #JewishLoreReactions, #JewishBookReactions, #JewishHolidayReactions, #TheDafReactionsDictionary, #AVeryJewishMakeupTutorial, and chevruta study videos.

All of these projects offer fresh, modern, funny takes on Jewish text learning that meet Jews (and plenty of other folks!) where we already happen to be, where we already find community - on Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and on emerging social media platforms.

I am not a teacher. I’m not a Rabbi. I am a fellow learner on the path of Jewish text discovery. My goal is to inspire others to connect with Jewish ideas and text study in ways that are relatable, meaningful, and personally authentic to them.

Daf Reactions is in many ways a project of reclaiming and embodying a Jewish identity. It started as just my own journey, my own Tikkun, healing. But it has become bigger than me. When you tell me you have decided to start learning Talmud, or discovered more about your heritage, or are reading the sources I recommend, or experiencing joy and laughter because of the videos, then that means I am creating content that is fulfilling it’s function. What a blessing that is. 

I am so grateful to all of you for your support and encouragement. Producing these videos requires countless hours, late nights, and full-time dedication. But because I do not put any of my content behind a paywall or subscription service, your support is vital to continuing these projects, this community we are building together.  

If you have appreciated, enjoyed, and learned from #DafReactions or any of my work, please consider a donation! Your gift will help fund the following over the next year:

• my ability to keep creating this content for you on an ongoing basis

• filming connected video series building off of the #DafReactions model, exploring Jewish books, art, and history 

• software, production materials, web hosting, advertising, professional development

• identifying areas of partnership with other peer Jewish content creators, who are also changing the game of what it means to be publicly, and proudly, Jewish in online spaces.

Thank you for your tax-deductable gift - without you, this project, this labor of love creating dynamic, engaging, and joyous Jewish content, will not exist. I am blessed to have you all as my community. 

-Miriam

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$36.00 provides support for production materials

$360.00 can covers editing software and web hosting

$3,600.00 helps fund a month of content creation, and living expenses