Siyum hashas

Siyum HaShas held in Pinsk, city where Nazis were once in control

In this city where Hitler was once in control there is a unique reason to not let anything deter a celebration of Jewish scholarship. Where once there was tragedy, now there is celebration.

|ByJOSH NASS
"Go and observe what the people are doing.” – Babylonian Talmud
Celebrating the Siyuum

Haredi soldiers celebrate the Siyum HaShas

This particular "Siyuum" however, was made in special mention of the Haredi soldiers in the IDF.

|ByOMRI RON
The Dirshu siyum at Yad Eliyahu

Dirshu holds Torah programs across the globe

Dirshu allows over 150,000 people to study Torah over the world. From December 2019, the organization planned 11 Siyum HaShas from Israel, to France, to South Africa, to England.

|ByANSHEL ARFE
Halle Kahan, Rabbanit Michelle Cohen Farber and Ruth Kahan

Women celebrate Siyum HaShas in Jerusalem

3,300 women gathered to celebrate the first Siyum HaShas for Women in Jerusalem. While Talmud's study used to be exclusively for men, there's been a revolution in women's study in the past 40 years.

|ByLINDA GRADSTEIN

Siyum HaShas events in New Jersey and New York draw heavy security

300 uniformed New Jersey State Police officers were reportedly inside MetLife Stadium during the event, which drew tens of thousands of attendees.

JANUARY 2, 2020ByRACHEL WOLF
Orthodox Jews sing and dance during the 13th Siyum HaShas, a celebration marking the completion of the Daf Yomi, a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of studying texts from the Talmud, the canon of Jewish religious law, at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S., January 1, 2020