Community Magazine August 2012

Site Instructor(s) Audio or text Hebrew or English In-depth analysis with commentaries Description Dailygemara.com R' Eli Mansour Audio English No Recorded class explaining the daily daf Ouradio.org/daf R' Moshe Elefant, R' Yosef Grossman Audio English No Recorded class explaining the daily daf Da f-yomi.org R' Avrohom Adler Text Both Yes Summaries, explanations and in-depth material related to the daily daf Swdaf.com R' Simon Wolf Audio English No Recorded class explaining the daily daf Dafdigest.org Members of the Ruben Shas Kollel Text English Yes Summaries, explanations and in-depth material related to the daily daf Dafyomi.org R' Dovid Grossman Audio English No Recorded class explaining the daily daf YUtorah.org Yeshiva University faculty and alumni Audio English Yes Large collection of recorded classes on a variety of levels Hebrewbooks.org NA Text Hebrew Yes Image of the daily daf with cross references to commentaries Hadafhayomi. co.il Members of Kollel Chasidei Sochotchov Both Both Yes Subscription site with audio/video classes and essays related to the daily daf Da f-yomi.com Various instructors Both Hebrew Yes Collection of audio and text resources, including diagrams, essays, discussion forums, and links Orhadaf.com R' David Kloffer Audio Hebrew No Recorded class explaining the daily daf Dafyomiyicc.org R' Yitzchak Etshalom Audio English No Recorded class explaining the daily daf M uch has changed since the Daf Yomi daily learning program was conceived in 1923, including advances in technology, which have made the complex intricacies of the Talmud more widely accessible. The first step in the process of Talmudic technologization was the emergence of taped recordings of Daf Yomi classes to assist those who desired to follow the program but could not study the Talmud text on their own and were unable to attend classes. The “Dial-a-Daf” telephone service was also introduced, offering phone- instruction of the daily page of Talmud. More recently, the advent of the internet has brought Daf Yomi learning to everyone’s home or office computer or Smartphone, as dozens of on-line resources can be accessed on-demand with a click. Whether you’re a Talmudic novice or seasoned scholar, online Daf Yomi resources are available to enable you to study and delve into the daily daf wherever you are and on the level that’s right for you. As Jews around the world begin the 13 th cycle of Daf Yomi, we present a list of some valuable online tools for those looking to join the exciting daf-a-day program. Community wishes all Daf Yomi participants much success in this ambitious undertaking, and looks forward to congratulating them on their completion of the Talmud in 2020. Emergence of the Digital Daf DAVID SILVERBERG 38 COMMUNITY MAGAZINE