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JTA — In December, when she was given two to four years to live, Catherine Johnson decided to start studying a page of Talmud a day. An expansive work of Jewish law and narrative written in Aramaic ...
That is how long it takes to complete the Daf Yomi cycle. Almost 3 weeks ago, was one of the numerous Siyum Hashas events around the world, here in Jerusalem, and I was there. It was in English, ...
Every day for 7 1/2 years, Jews around the world partake in Daf Yomi — reading a page of the Talmud daily. Then, when they’re finished, they attend a siyum, which honors the completion of the learning ...
After a barrage of anti-Semitic incidents in 2019, January 2020 arrived with a burst of #JewishandProud energy. People gathered at rallies, began to wear their Magen David necklaces and donned their ...
The sold-out crowd of 90,000 at the Siyum HaShas celebration at MetLife Stadium was almost exclusively Orthodox, but Daf Yomi Talmud study is beginning to spread beyond the movement and in unorthodox ...
More than 26,000 people in 107 countries have downloaded the “All Daf” app, an innovative free digital platform for Daf Yomi learners created by the Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and ...
In one of many oddball stories in the Talmud, the commentary on the Hebrew Bible, we’re told about an ancient diss: one rabbi tells another rabbi that his voice is so bad that if the Holy Temple were ...
New Year's Day 2020 saw a crowd of over 90,000 assemble in freezing temperatures at New Jersey's Metlife Stadium. Rather than the usual football game, they had come for the " Siyum ha-Shas of Daf yomi ...
Question: How many Jews does it take to study a book? Answer: Around 250,000. That last figure is the estimated total amount of Jewish scholars and students who tackled the Talmud or Gemara, an ...
If you attend an evening daf, try to be as rested as possible. Take a short nap if you can. If you can’t, try drinking a caffeinated beverage. Glancing over the material beforehand can make a world of ...
People in far-off places, and with more distant connections to organized Jewish community, are taking up the commitment of a page each day. (JTA) — In December, when she was given two to four years to ...
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