Yep. A client got me a $100 seat on the second level off the corner, stage facing and 4th row. very nice seats. Could see the speakers but not make out the details of their faces. The jumbtrons were fantastic though. The energy there was very positive and the speakers were amazing. I'm still looking for an 'official' video of the speakers.
As the Daf Yomi started in 1923, I think tablets were definitely not prevalent. :) I have yet to see anyone using a tablet to do the Daf but that does not mean that people don't do so. Of course, a tablet is a problem on Shabbos and holidays so the physical books are the standard. Another problem with a tablet is that we're talking 2,711 very large pages with a LOT of commentary, some of which is in small print and in at least 3 different fonts. A tablet user would be scrolling back and forth between parts of the page and that would be a major distraction. I'd rather carry around a large 12"x8.5" book with me to learn. Luckily, most Shuls have a few copies of each volume (73 in total). On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > I heard about that on NPR. You were in that? That's kinda cool. One of the > points the NPR story made was that mobile computing has made it much easier > to carry the Talmud around so that you have it for your reading group, but > mobile wasn't so prevalent back when that started so I don't know how valid > that is as a surmise. > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I was thinking on how to write an article about an event I went to last > > week. I thought: > > "What do you call 95,000 Jews in a single football stadium? A good end > and > > a good start" > > Unfortunately, the chances of it getting badly interpreted just stopped > me > > from using it. But I thought I'd share. > > > > The event was a celebration upon the completion of a 7.5 year learning > > program where people learn a page of the Talmud a day. This was the 12th > > cycle since the program was started and while there were a number of > > celebrations around the world, the major one in the NY area was in the > Met > > Life stadium over in NJ. 93,000 tickets sold with about another 2,000 > > invitees. It was sweet. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353497 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
