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Siyum HaShas

In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “completion of the daf yomi program”. Today it says “celebration of the completion of the daf yomi”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “completion of the daf yomi program”. Today it says “celebration of the completion of the daf yomi”.
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The opening as it read in 2005

Siyum Hashas is the completion of the Daf Yomi program, a seven and a half year cycle of learning the Oral Torah also know as the 'Gemora'.1 Jews all around the world celebrated the Siyum Hashas on March 1, 2005, with the biggest celebration occurring at the Madison Square Garden. There was also a celebration in Toronto at the Ricoh Coliseum.2

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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “completion of the daf yomi program”. Today it says “celebration of the completion of the daf yomi”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

completion of the daf yomi program

Now

celebration of the completion of the daf yomi

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