By Shira Hanau
(JTA) — As participants in the Daf Yomi — a daily regimen of Talmudic learning — around the world near the end of the current tractate, an Israeli chicken farm in the West Bank recently decided to join in the celebration.
In honor of the completion of the Talmud Tractate Beitzah, which means “egg” in Hebrew, the Meshek Kedumim farm printed the words of the text recited upon the completion of a Talmud tractate directly onto the eggs.
“We will return to you, Tractate Beitzah,” the eggs read in Hebrew. “Be strong and take courage, from the chicken coops of Kedumim.”
Daf Yomi participants will complete Tractate Beitzah, so named because it begins with a story related to an egg, this week before continuing on to Tractate Rosh Hashana.
The entire Daf Yomi cycle, in which participants study one double-sided page of the 37 tractates of the Talmud each day in chronological order, takes about seven-and-a-half years to complete. At the end of the cycle, celebrations are typically held, including a massive gathering at MetLife Stadium. in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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