“It’s an extreme and serious discipline, consisting mostly of the ‘deep work’ stuff ,” he explained. When I interviewed him, he emphasized the mental intensity of his morning ritual. What interests me about Marlin is not his knowledge of ancient texts, but instead the type of effort required to gain this knowledge. As Marlin explained to me, his goal with this practice is to decipher one Talmud page each day (though he sometimes fails to make it even this far), often working with a chevruta (study partner) to push his understanding closer to his cognitive limit. I was introduced to this world by Adam Marlin, a member of the Knesses Yisroel congregation and one of the regulars at its morning study group. This early morning gathering in Spring Valley represents just a small fraction of the hundreds of thousands of orthodox Jews who will wake up early that morning, as they do every weekday morning, to practice a central tenet of their faith: to spend time every day studying the complex written traditions of Rabbinic Judaism. At one end of the room a rabbi will be leading a larger group in a discussion. Inside, you’ll encounter a couple dozen members of the congregation working over texts-some might be reading silently, mouthing the words of an ancient language, while others are paired together debating. If you do, you’ll likely find at least twenty cars in the parking lot.
To better understand how one masters the art of deep work, I suggest visiting the Knesses Yisroel Synagogue in Spring Valley, New York, at six a.m. Tags: Business & Economics / Time Management
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