What is Daf Yomi?
Daf Yomi is the worldwide program of learning one daf — a two-sided page of the Talmud Bavli — every single day, until the entire Shas is completed and the cycle begins again. It was proposed by Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin at the first Knessia Gedolah of Agudas Yisrael in 1923, and the first cycle began that year with Maseches Berachos.
The scope is remarkable: the Talmud Bavli runs to over 2,700 dapim, and finishing the cycle takes roughly seven and a half years, culminating in the great Siyum HaShas celebrated by Jews around the globe. Daf Yomi with Rabbi Bornstein is a shiur built to accompany learners along that path.
A daily shiur to keep pace
The challenge of Daf Yomi is consistency, and that is exactly where a daily maggid shiur earns its value. Rabbi Bornstein's shiur gives a learner a fixed, reliable point each day — someone to learn the daf with, and to help make sense of a page that can be dense and demanding.
For many, the difference between keeping up and falling behind is having a clear voice walk them through the sugya. A steady daily shiur turns an ambitious commitment into a sustainable routine, one daf at a time, without the learner having to untangle every difficulty alone.
Joining the global cycle
Part of the draw of Daf Yomi is that it is shared. On any given day, Jews across the world — in many languages and communities — are learning the very same daf. To join the cycle is to become part of that vast, worldwide chavrusa.
A shiur like Rabbi Bornstein's plugs a learner directly into that current. Following along means keeping pace with the whole global program, feeling the momentum of the cycle, and moving with it toward the next Siyum HaShas together with Klal Yisrael.
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At a glance
Key takeaways
- Daf Yomi with Rabbi Bornstein is a daily shiur following the worldwide Daf Yomi cycle.
- Daf Yomi was launched by Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin in 1923, beginning with Berachos.
- The Talmud Bavli runs over 2,700 dapim; a full cycle takes about seven and a half years.
- A daily maggid shiur helps learners stay consistent and understand a demanding page.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.