Our daf opens with a query: Is a relative of an arev – a guarantor of a loan – considered a party to the case involving a loan that defaulted, and may he testify in the matter or not? The following ...

At a rate of one page studied each day, a practice called Daf Yomi (Hebrew for “daily page”), the whole thing takes 7 1/2 years to complete. Johnson isn’t sure she’ll be able to finish it.