cellio | daf bit: Ta'anit 8

Today's daf contains a variety of short teachings. Two are related to studying torah. Reish Lakish said: if you see a student to whom his studies are as hard as iron, it is because he has failed to make his studies systematic. He needs to attend the school even more regularly and repeat his studies more -- Reish Lakish repeated his studies in systematic order 40 times (corresponding to the 40 days Moshe spent on Mount Sinai), and R Adda b. Abbahu repeated his 24 times, corresponding to the 24 books of the Tanakh (bible).

Raba, on the other hand, said: if you see a student to whom his studies are as hard as iron, it is because his teacher does not encourage him. The remedy? Let him seek many companions to intercede with the teacher. (8a)