In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “daily regimen to study the entire talmud one daf”. Today it says “daily regimen of learning the oral torah and its commentaries”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
Daf Yomi ( Hebrew : "page [of the] day" or "daily folio") is a daily regimen to study the entire Talmud one daf (i.e. two actual pages) one day at a time so that it can be completed in seven and a half years. Thousands of Jews worldwide participate in the Daf Yomi program as part of a monumental program that was initiated by Rabbi Meir Shapiro in 1923 at the First World Congress of the World Agudath Israel in Vienna . With 2,711 pages in the Talmud, one cycle takes about 7.5 years. Daf Yomi recently started its 12th cycle of study, on 2 March 2005 . The finishing of the Daf Yomi cycle comes with great celebration in an event known as Siyum HaShas ("completion [of] the Shas " -- Shas , an acronym for shisha sidrei ( mishnah ) or "Six Orders of the Mishnah" -- is another name for the Talmud). The last Siyum took place on 1 March 2005 with an estimated 120,000 in attendance all over the world. The next Siyum HaShas will take place on 2 August 2012 .1
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Daf Yomi ( ) "page [of the] day" or "daily folio ") is a daily regimen undertaken to study the Babylonian Talmud one folio (a daf consists of both sides of the page) each day.Under this regimen, the entire Talmud would be completed, one day at a time, in a cycle of seven and a half years.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Daf Yomi ( , Daf Yomi , "page of the day" or "daily folio ") is a daily regimen of learning the Oral Torah and its commentaries (also known as the Gemara ), in which each of the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud are covered in sequence. Under this regimen, the entire Talmud is completed, one day at a time, in a cycle of seven and a half years. Tens of thousands of Jews worldwide study in the Daf Yomi program, and over 300,000 participate in the Siyum HaShas , an event celebrating the culmination of the cycle of learning.The Daf Yomi program has been credited with making Talmud study accessible to Jews who are not Torah scholars , contributing to Jewish continuity after the Holocaust , and having a unifying factor among Jews.A daf , or blatt in Yiddish , consists of both sides of the page.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Jewish learning regimen Daf Yomi ( , Daf Yomi , "page of the day" or "daily folio ") is a daily regimen of learning the Oral Torah and its commentaries (also known as the Gemara ), in which each of the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud is covered in sequence. A daf , or blatt in Yiddish , consists of both sides of the page. Under this regimen, the entire Talmud is completed, one day at a time, in a cycle of seven and a half years. Tens of thousands of Jews worldwide study in the Daf Yomi program, and over 300,000 participate in the Siyum HaShas , an event celebrating the culmination of the cycle of learning. The Daf Yomi program has been credited with making Talmud study accessible to Jews who are not Torah scholars , contributing to Jewish continuity after the Holocaust , and having a unifying factor among Jews.
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Jewish learning regimen Daf Yomi ( , Daf Yomi , "page of the day" or "daily folio ") is a daily regimen of learning the Oral Torah and its commentaries (also known as the Gemara ), in which each of the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud is covered in sequence. A daf , or blatt in Yiddish , consists of both sides of the page. Under this regimen, the entire Talmud is completed, one day at a time, in a cycle of approximately seven and a half years. Tens of thousands of Jews worldwide study in the Daf Yomi program, and over 300,000 participate in the Siyum HaShas , an event celebrating the culmination of the cycle of learning. The Daf Yomi program has been credited with making Talmud study accessible to Jews who are not Torah scholars , contributing to Jewish continuity after the Holocaust , and having a unifying factor among Jews. Each day of the daily calendar, including Tisha B'Av , is included, and online audio versions of lectures are available.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Jewish learning regimen Daf Yomi ( Hebrew : דף יומי , Daf Yomi , "page of the day" or "daily folio ") is a daily regimen of learning the Oral Torah and its commentaries (also known as the Gemara ), in which each of the 2,711 pages of the Babylonian Talmud is covered in sequence. A daf , or blatt in Yiddish , consists of both sides of the page. Under this regimen, the entire Talmud is completed, one day at a time, in a cycle of approximately seven and a half years. As of today, July 31, 2026, the study is of Tractate Chullin , page 92. Tens of thousands of Jews worldwide study in the Daf Yomi program, and over 300,000 participate in the Siyum HaShas , an event celebrating the culmination of the cycle of learning. The Daf Yomi program has been credited with making Talmud study accessible to Jews who are not Torah scholars , contributing to Jewish continuity after the Holocaust , and having a unifying factor among Jews. Each day of the daily calendar, including Tisha B'Av , is included, and online audio versions of lectures are available.
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daily regimen to study the entire talmud one daf
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daily regimen of learning the oral torah and its commentaries
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