sometimes used to complete all the Talmud, with typically a single tractate assigned to each participant (though smaller tractates may be combined or larger tractates broken down further). In especially large groups organized communally, the Talmud may be broken down to the folio level, with thousands of participants. This is sometimes called a Shas-A-Thon, as it allows the enormous body of material to be completed jointly in a short period of time, sometimes a single day. Siyum HaShas An event known as a Siyum HaShas marks the completion of the entire Talmud. This is a monumental undertaking, consisting of 2,711 folios (5,422 pages) of study. The Daf Yomi study program is the largest Siyum HaShas event, with hundreds of thousands of participants. In this program, a schedule of study includes a specific daf or blatt (folio) to be studied by all participants on any particular day. In this standard calendar, the entire Talmud is covered approximately every seven and a half years. Enormous siyum gatherings follow, arranged around the world. The main event for the 13th Siyum HaShas, organized by Agudath Israel of America, took place on January 1, 2020, in MetLife Stadium in New Jersey with a sellout crowd of over 90,000. Other Siyum HaShas events were held globally, with several "satellite" Agidath Israel locations around the United States, and several other arranged in the United States and Israel by the Dirshu organization. Although Siyum HaShas is most commonly associated with Daf Yomi, this is not always the case. Many serious students of the Talmud have completed it on their own schedules, either by themselves, with a partner, or a small study group. However, it is not very common, even among regular Talmudic students and researchers, and those who do so are often viewed as elites. Another alternative form of Siyum HaShas involves the shared study method (see above). Format A siyum usually includes: one or more participants to the study performing a reading and explanation of the last topic studied the same or another participant reading the lengthy Hadran prayer (which may be broken up amongst participants) recitation of a special version of the Kaddish; this version is the longest form of Kaddish, including the length introductory section used at burial, as well as the lengthy paragraph of Kaddish d'Rabannan greetings and congratulatory remarks a celebratory meal, or seudat mitzvah, which may also include additional speeches The term