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Siyum HaShas

Jonathan Gray takes a selfie dressed as Waldo during the Siyum HaShas in New Jersey, January 1, 2020. (Twitter)
January 2, 2020, 4:53 pm
Where’s Waldo? Celebrating the completion of the Talmud
In a crowd of black-clad Haredim at Wednesday’s Siyum HaShas event in New Jersey, Yonatan Gray stands out dressed as eponymous children’s book protagonist
By Sam Sokol
Orthodox Jews sing and dance during the 13th Siyum HaShas, a celebration marking the completion of the Daf Yomi, at the MetLife Stadium on January 1, 2020 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Security was tightened at the event, where the Talmud is read in its entirety, after a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the area. ( Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images/AFP)
January 1, 2020, 6:17 pm
Under tight security, 88,000 US Jews celebrate 7.5-year Talmud cycle
Days after Monsey stabbing and amid spate of other anti-Semitic attacks, Siyum HaShas event in New Jersey marks end of another round of daily study of primary Jewish text
By AP
Nigel Savage, the former director of Hazon, which spearheads the composting effort. (Courtesy Hazon/JTA)
September 20, 2012, 8:45 pm
Talmud, a day at a time
Impressed by the discipline involved in undertaking a 7.5 year journey into the world of the sages, Jews from all walks of life are joining the ‘daf yomi’ adventure
By Neil Rubin
Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrating the Siyyum Hashas, or end of the 7.5 year Talmud learning cycle, in New Jersey's MetLife Field Wednesday night. (photo credit: AP/ Mel Evans)
August 2, 2012, 5:49 am
MetLife Stadium becomes ‘world’s largest synagogue’ for Talmud celebration
500 rabbis join the dais — and 600 troopers guard the stadium — at ‘Siyum Hashas’ in New York
By Katie Zezima
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate the completion of the seven-year Daf Yomi cycle -- the learning of the entirety of the Talmud, one day at a time -- at Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium on Monday, July 30, 2012. (photo credit: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
July 30, 2012, 7:55 pm
At a Tel Aviv sports stadium, celebrating the completion of a seven-year Talmud cycle
Other festivities for ‘Siyum HaShas’ taking place throughout Israel, including at Jerusalem’s Teddy Stadium, and in the US
By ToI Staff
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