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Daf Yomi (Daily Talmud Page)

A worldwide daily study cycle of one page of Talmud, taking seven and a half years to complete the entire Babylonian Talmud.

The international study cycle covering one folio of Bavli per day, completing the entire Talmud every ~7.5 years (currently 2nd-3rd cycle since founding). Inaugurated 1923 by R. Meir Shapiro of Lublin at the First Knessia Gedolah. Defining global Jewish learning practice of the modern era; siyum hashas events draw 90,000+ participants. Yerushalmi Yomi (parallel for Yerushalmi) and Mishnah Yomit are related projects.

Key passages(3)

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Shu"t Or HaMeir · Rabbi Meir Shapiro

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Chazon Ish Igrot 3:178modern_responsum

Chazon Ish · Avraham Yeshayahu Karelitz

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In Chazon Ish Igrot 3:178, the Chazon Ish addresses the permissibility and value of daf-yomi study, evaluating whether this structured, rapid cycle fulfills the obligation of talmud Torah adequately c

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Igrot Moshe Yoreh De'ah 4:36modern_responsum

Igrot Moshe · Moshe Feinstein

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In Igrot Moshe Yoreh De'ah 4:36, R. Moshe Feinstein addresses the permissibility of daf-yomi study, ruling favorably on the practice as a legitimate and valuable form of Torah learning that fulfills c

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Modern teachers who discuss this idea

Modern and living teachers whose books take up Daf Yomi (Daily Talmud Page). These works are still in copyright, so we can’t show the text here — each links out to the book.