Talk:Siyum HaShas

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A fact from Siyum HaShas appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 16 October 2007.

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possible Merge with Daf Yomi?

JJ211219 03:43, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arithmetic

7 1/2 years is 2,739 days (the exact number depends on unequal months, leap year, and maybe the Hebrew calendar). So 2,711 pages in 7 1/2 years is about one page per day. So why did someone make a point out of changing it to one folio (that is, two pages) per day on Did You Know? This article also says one folio per day but only 2,711 pages. Art LaPella 23:29, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

• The issue is terminology. While most English language books have pages numbered sequentially, the standard Talmud has page numbers 2a and 2b on opposite sides of the first leaf, 3a and 3b on the second leaf, etc. A "daf" is both sides, or two pages (as commonly used), which is what is studied each day. On the first day of a new tractate, both 2a and 2b are studied (there is no daf 1). As the term folio is rarely used (the folio article doesn't help clarify the usage), "Daf Yomi" is often translated as "page a day". One might more accurately state 2,711 folios (or less accurately 5,422 pages, as there are some half pages at the end of tractates), but that might only add to the confusion. I agree that the wording is imperfect and could well be improved. Alansohn 06:20, 17 October 2007 (UTC)