What Daf Yomi is
Daf Yomi means "a page a day" — a worldwide program in which Jews learn the same folio of the Talmud Bavli each day, moving in unison through the entire Shas. It was introduced by Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin in 1923, and it has since become one of the most unifying Torah endeavors in the Jewish world.
A full cycle covers all 2,711 folios and takes about seven and a half years, ending in the great celebration of the Siyum HaShas. Daf Yomi With Rabbi Rubin is a shiur that rides this cycle: each session is the day's daf, kept in step with learners across the globe.
How a daily daf shiur works
In each session the maggid shiur walks through the day's page — the Gemara's give-and-take, Rashi's explanations, and the key points of Tosafos — at a pace meant to keep learners on schedule. The goal is not to exhaust every angle but to give a clear, complete pass through the daf.
That structure is the strength of the format. Because everyone is on the same page on the same day, a listener joins a vast, invisible chavrusa: the Jew learning in a different city, or a different country, is on the exact same words. A daily shiur turns that shared calendar into a personal routine.
Fitting the daf into your day
The daf's discipline is also its gift. A fixed daily commitment is demanding, but it builds steadily — over months and years, a page a day carries a person through tractates they might never have opened otherwise, one manageable step at a time.
A recorded shiur makes the commitment realistic. Miss a day and you can catch up; travel and you can still learn on the road; start mid-cycle and you simply pick up today's daf and go. For anyone drawn to Daf Yomi, a dependable daily shiur is the practical way in.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
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If your family enjoys teachers like Rabbi Rubin, search FilteredTube for the speakers and topics that matter most to you. With a daf yomi shelf, a weekly parsha shelf, topic shelves, audio-only listening for the car, and a kids mode with a PIN, kosher Jewish video is easy to reach — and the approved catalog keeps growing every day.
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Daf Yomi With Rabbi Rubin is a daily Gemara shiur following the worldwide cycle.
- Daf Yomi was begun by Rabbi Meir Shapiro of Lublin in 1923.
- A full cycle covers all 2,711 folios in about seven and a half years.
- Learners worldwide are on the same page each day, ending in the Siyum HaShas.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.