FACT CHECK · RELIGION
Claim: Who really knows the Talmud?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
The Babylonian Talmud has 37 tractates and 2,711 pages, compiled about 200-500 CE. Daf Yomi readers do one page a day and need about 7.5 years. It records debate: a library, not a playbook.
SOURCE
Britannica, 'Talmud'; Wikipedia, 'Daf Yomi' (2,711 pages, 7.5-year cycle)
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