Yep. The event was a culmination of the 12th cycle. The 13th started on Friday.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ah -- so a cycle takes 7.5 years but people have been been doing > cycles since 1923? > > On 8/6/12, Michael Dinowitz <mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > > > 7.5 years per cycle. A cycle is a page a day for 2,711 days. > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> > >> Ah. I was driving when I was listening to this, and seem to have > misheard > >> something ;) I thought the story said seven years ;) > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > >> mdino...@houseoffusion.com > >> > wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > Yep. A client got me a $100 seat on the second level off the corner, > >> stage > >> > facing and 4th row. very nice seats. Could see the speakers but not > >> > make > >> > out the details of their faces. The jumbtrons were fantastic though. > >> > The > >> > energy there was very positive and the speakers were amazing. I'm > still > >> > looking for an 'official' video of the speakers. > >> > > >> > As the Daf Yomi started in 1923, I think tablets were definitely not > >> > prevalent. :) > >> > I have yet to see anyone using a tablet to do the Daf but that does > not > >> > mean that people don't do so. Of course, a tablet is a problem on > >> > Shabbos > >> > and holidays so the physical books are the standard. Another problem > >> with a > >> > tablet is that we're talking 2,711 very large pages with a LOT of > >> > commentary, some of which is in small print and in at least 3 > different > >> > fonts. A tablet user would be scrolling back and forth between parts > of > >> the > >> > page and that would be a major distraction. I'd rather carry around a > >> large > >> > 12"x8.5" book with me to learn. Luckily, most Shuls have a few copies > >> > of > >> > each volume (73 in total). > >> > > >> > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > I heard about that on NPR. You were in that? That's kinda cool. One > >> > > of > >> > the > >> > > points the NPR story made was that mobile computing has made it much > >> > easier > >> > > to carry the Talmud around so that you have it for your reading > >> > > group, > >> > but > >> > > mobile wasn't so prevalent back when that started so I don't know > how > >> > valid > >> > > that is as a surmise. > >> > > > >> > > On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > >> > > mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > > I was thinking on how to write an article about an event I went to > >> last > >> > > > week. I thought: > >> > > > "What do you call 95,000 Jews in a single football stadium? A good > >> end > >> > > and > >> > > > a good start" > >> > > > Unfortunately, the chances of it getting badly interpreted just > >> stopped > >> > > me > >> > > > from using it. But I thought I'd share. > >> > > > > >> > > > The event was a celebration upon the completion of a 7.5 year > >> learning > >> > > > program where people learn a page of the Talmud a day. This was > the > >> > 12th > >> > > > cycle since the program was started and while there were a number > >> > > > of > >> > > > celebrations around the world, the major one in the NY area was in > >> the > >> > > Met > >> > > > Life stadium over in NJ. 93,000 tickets sold with about another > >> > > > 2,000 > >> > > > invitees. It was sweet. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:353506 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
