Ah -- so a cycle takes 7.5 years but people have been been doing cycles since 1923?
On 8/6/12, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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:353503 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
