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January 3, 2020

A Celebration of the Enduring Power of Jewish Learning at the Meadowlands Stadium

Daf yomi.

On Wednesday, Jews the world over celebrated the conclusion of the seven-year cycle of Talmud study known as daf yomi [“daily page”]. Begun by the Polish rabbi Meir Shapiro in 1923, the regimen involves the study of a single folio page of the Babylonian Talmud every day on a fixed schedule. The editors of the New York Sun write:

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January 3, 2020

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  4. A Celebration of the Enduring Power of Jewish Learning at the Meadowlands Stadium

    Daf yomi.

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