A year since the 13th Siyum Hashas of Daf Yomi at Metlife stadium

  This Shabbos parshas Miketz, 4 Teves 5781 ד' טבת תשפ''א will mark the first year anniversary since the 13th Siyum Hashas took place at Metlife stadium, since then 348 blatt were learned with 2363 remaining to the next siyum. It was exactly a year ago a day after Chanukah where thousands celebrated the Siyum and  many more have joined the machzor for the first time. 

 It's hard to believe that a year went by when Coronavirus was something that only existed in China. When the Novominsker rebbe ZT"L spoke  that "The secret of our survival is the Torah Hakedosha", When Rav Shmuel Kamenetzky shlita thanked Rav Dovid Feinstein ZT"L  for giving him the
opportunity to be mesayem since he gave it up and gave him this zechus to make the siyum. A year since not knowing that in  just a few months klal yisrael  was to be hit with a pandemic turning life on its head taking many korbonos R"L and disrupting the routine of  Torah and Tefilah. Through it all Torah learning and the lomdei daf yomi have not been deterred as they began Maseches shabbos  no matter how challenging, they persevered. They completed masechetos Brachos, Shabbos, Eruvin and now in middle of the 2nd perek of Pesachim. Hopefully all those who started Brachos are still going strong or joining in the cycle as Rabbi Frand said " don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good".