Q&A: Lack of Stability
Lack of Stability
Question
Hello Rabbi,
For about ten years now I’ve been learning Torah. At first in yeshiva, then in kollel, and now I teach.
My problem is that I can’t find stability in my learning. Every few months a different desire comes over me for a different and new kind of learning. And following the sages’ advice, “A person learns only in the place…,” I move from one area of study to another. So I’m not building an orderly structure of knowledge and beliefs.
I’m at a loss and would appreciate the Rabbi’s advice.
Answer
I don’t know what to say. Maybe set yourself a fixed track, and do the different experiments in a specific and limited time slot (an hour or two a day). Especially if you teach, I assume that takes up most of your time, doesn’t it?
But beyond that, as long as you’re using your time well, I don’t think the changes are necessarily harmful. In the end, knowledge accumulates, even if not in a linear way.