A Gemara shiur, amud by amud
Rabbi Akiva Medlov's Amud Shiur is a Gemara shiur organized around the amud — one side of a folio of Talmud. A daf has two amudim, an amud aleph and an amud beis, and this series advances one amud at a time, giving it a measured, sequential pace. The collection here holds about thirty such recordings, and the name is worth taking at face value: this is Talmud study, not a survey of assorted topics.
Framing it as a Gemara shiur that moves by the amud tells a learner both the subject and the method — a steady progression through the text of a masechta, one column of the page per sitting. There is no guessing about what the series is; its structure is announced in its title. A listener who wants to learn actual Gemara in order, at a manageable pace, knows immediately that this is aimed at them.
Steady, sequential Talmud study
There is real value in a fixed, unhurried pace through Gemara. Advancing by the amud keeps each sitting a reasonable length and builds a masechta gradually rather than in daunting leaps. Over time, that steadiness is what carries a learner through a full tractate — a little of the page, done consistently, adds up in a way that sporadic bursts never quite do.
A sequential shiur also lets the sugya unfold in its own order. Because the material moves straight through the text, the give-and-take of the Gemara arrives the way it was set down, and a listener following along develops a feel for how a masechta is actually built. That sense of the flow — question, answer, objection, resolution — is one of the real fruits of learning a tractate in sequence rather than in fragments.
Following along
An amud shiur is easy to join because its structure is so clear. You know exactly where the shiur sits on the page, which makes it simple to open a Gemara and learn alongside the recording rather than merely listening. That pairing — text in front of you, shiur in your ear — is how this format is meant to be used, and it turns passive hearing into active learning.
For a learner who wants to be genuinely engaged with the Gemara rather than passively taking it in, the amud-by-amud approach is a practical fit. Roughly thirty recordings give a solid run to settle into, and the consistent method makes it easy to keep your place from one sitting to the next. Miss a day, and you know precisely where to pick up — a small thing that makes a long-term commitment realistic.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
FilteredTube is a kosher video service built for Jewish families — every single video is approved against one written standard before it can appear, with no open feed, no comments, and no surprises. It is a calm, safe place to look for the Torah and Jewish music you love.
If your family enjoys teachers like Rabbi Akiva Medlov, 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
- Rabbi Akiva Medlov's Amud Shiur is a sequential Gemara shiur, advancing one amud at a time.
- The steady pace builds a masechta gradually and lets the sugya unfold in its own order.
- The clear structure makes it easy to open a Gemara and learn along rather than only listen.
- About thirty recordings give a solid run, with an obvious place to pick up after a missed day.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.