Daf Yomi is a wild logistical idea disguised as a study habit. Open the same folio today in Jerusalem, London, Lakewood, Melbourne and Johannesburg, and the argument is synchronised.
It does not make the Talmud smaller. It makes the calendar carry it. A page a day turns the sea into a route.
The record
Daf Yomi, the daily folio cycle through the Babylonian Talmud, was proposed by Rabbi Meir Shapiro in 1923.
A full Daf Yomi cycle takes about seven and a half years.
Since 1923, Daf Yomi has put Jews across the world on the same page of Talmud every day.
The record
Large Siyum HaShas gatherings mark the completion of each cycle, while daily classes and individual study continue worldwide.
1923
A page a day since 1923
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