Daf Jomi

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Daf Jomi ( Hebrew דף היומי( Daily Page, Leaf of the Day ) is a daily program of study of the Talmud in which the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud are continuously studied.

Rabbi Meir Shapiro, originator of Daf Yomi.

The study program was introduced by Jehuda Mair Schapira .

Shapira introduced this study program in 1923 and presented the idea of Daf haJomi at the first World Congress of World Agudath Israel in Vienna on August 16, 1923. The first cycle of Daf Yomi began on the first day of Rosh Hashanah 5684 (September 11, 1923).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ari L. Goldman: Being Jewish: The spiritual and cultural practice of Judaism today . Simon & Schuster, 2000, ISBN 9780684823898 , p. 264.
  2. Daf Yomi program has Polish roots . Jewish Telegraphic Agency . November 30, 1999. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 14, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jta.org
  3. ^ Heilman, Samuel C. (1995). "The Ninth Siyum HaShas: A case study in Orthodox contra-acculturation" , in The Americanization of the Jews , New York University Press, ISBN 9780814780015 , pp. 315-316.
  4. ^ Rabbi Chaim Schloss: 2000 Years of Jewish History . Feldheim Publishers , 2002, ISBN 1-58330-214-X , p. 296.
  5. ^ Rabbi Mordechai Becher: Gateway to Judaism: The what, how, and why of Jewish life . Mesorah Publications Ltd., 2005, ISBN 9781422600306 , p. 420.
  6. Rabbi Yissocher Frand: Listen To Your Messages: And other observations on contemporary Jewish life . Mesorah Publications Ltd., 1999, ISBN 9781578191390 , p. 242.
  7. a b c Shlomi, B. "A Brilliant Idea: Daf Yomi". Hamodia Magazine, 3 May 2012, pp. 18-20.
  8. Manny Saltiel: Gedolim Yahrtzeits: 7 Cheshvan . chinuch.org. 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.