lit. 'completion'; often refers to a celebration upon completing the study of a Jewish text
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Time limit on making a Siyum
Suppose one learned a complete Mesechta and is just about ready to make a Siyum. Is there a time limit as to when he should make the Siyum? Can he wait 3 months to complete the last few lines?
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Making a siyum on a mesechta
In order to make a siyum on a mesechta, does one have to leave over the last piece for the siyum, & if not, how soon after completing the masechta does one have to make the siyum?
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What is the first instance of a siyum
What is the first recorded instance of a siyum made for completion of learning torah, historically?
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Is it wrong to make a siyum?
We learn in Bava Metzia that one is allowed to lie if someone asks him if he has learned a certain masechta. For example if someone walks up to me and asks me if I’ve learned maseches shabbos(and he’s not asking for a halachic question see tos.),…
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Keeping the last part of a learnt text for a siyum
There is a widespread custom, discussed in a few places on Mi Yodeya (such as here), to keep the last part of a masekhta unread in advance of the siyum. So, for example, if a person has just learnt Pesachim, they might wish to leave the final part…
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Making a private siyum before mass siyum hashas
If one joined a group to finsh shas,and chose a mashechta to finish and he finished the mashechta before the shas event. Can he make a private siyum before the event and still it will be counted towards the siyum hashas,Or is that double dipping?
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