7.5 years per cycle. A cycle is a page a day for 2,711 days.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah. I was driving when I was listening to this, and seem to have misheard > something ;) I thought the story said seven years ;) > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > > 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:353499 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
