Smachot, Special Guest Make Siyum on Eruvin More Memorable
By Marcy Farrell
The wide, expansive lawn on South End Avenue in Woodmere was buzzing with excitement Sunday, November 22, as the Hadran Women of Long Island gathered to make...
Daf Yomi: Attitude Of Gratitude
By Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow
One makes a berachah of Shehecheyanu on a mitzvah that comes at a specific time of the year. We recite the berachah of Shehecheyanu on every...
Inwood Celebrates Second Annual Siyum HaShas
On June 13, Rosh Chodesh Tammuz, the Inwood community held its second annual siyum haShas. The siyum is a project which promotes achdus, as the entire community joins together...
Chametz for Sale
There is a well-known and widely used technique to free oneself from violating the prohibition of owning chametz on Pesach — selling one’s chametz to a gentile.
Famously, the Vilna...
Pesachim 16a: Fueling the Flames of Chanukah
Those who studied the daf this week were forced to challenge their long-rooted understanding of the finer points of the Chanukah miracle.
The Gemara in Shabbos tells us that the...
Draw Your Own Conclusion
By Rabbi Avrohom Sebrow
The Gemara in Avodah Zarah discusses the fact that Rabban Gamliel owned pictures of the moon. The images facilitated the questioning of witnesses who came to...
Dirshu Takes Australia By Storm
By Chaim Gold
“The response to the Dirshu siyum in Melbourne has been unprecedented! Several new Daf HaYomi B’Halacha shiurim have been added on top of the four existent shiurim,...
Gedolei Yisrael Encourage Dirshu As They Embark On Last Seder In Shas
By Chaim Gold
Vienna is where it all started. In 1923, Rav Meir Shapiro proposed the concept of a Daf HaYomi in Vienna. In Elul, 1929, the first siyum haShas...
Daf Yomi Has Helped Me Cope With Coronavirus
By Rachel Honeyman via Kveller
On March 8, in a bustling and noisy bagel shop in the Five Towns, I stood alongside nearly 30 women to recite a prayer called the Hadran....
Difficulty or Blessing? It’s In The Eye of The Beholder
The daughter of the emperor once said to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya, “You are the epitome of magnificent Torah, but it is stored in an ugly vessel!”
Apparently, Rabbi Yehoshua...