The date has been set: the 14th Global Siyum HaShas will, be’ezras Hashem, take place on Sunday, June 6, 2027, at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. But this announcement is far more than a notice of time and place—it is a declaration of kavod and hakaras hatov to the true heroes of our generation: the lomdei haDaf.

For seven and a half years, they carried the Daf with them through every stage of life—into hospital rooms, across time zones, through exhaustion and challenge. They rose at the crack of dawn, or pushed themselves past midnight. They whispered chazarah between meetings, learned by heart on the way to work, and clung to the Gemara like a lifeline. Not for fanfare. Not for recognition. Simply because Torah is their oxygen.

This Siyum is their moment. Every blatt learned, every Rashi understood, every Tosfos battled through—it all leads to this celebration. It’s a tribute to those who accepted upon themselves the yoke of Torah with consistency and mesirus nefesh, who made Torah not just a daily obligation, but the centerpiece of their lives.

And it is not only the lomdim themselves. Behind every mesayeim stands a devoted wife who said, “Go, I’ll take care of things here,” and children who crept quietly past the room where Totty was immersed in his chiyuv. Behind every chaburah stands a kehillah, a network, a world that gave space and support for Torah to flourish. This Siyum belongs to them as well.

The early announcement gives the organizers time not just to plan an event—but to craft a true kavod’digeh tribute. This is about expressing communal gratitude, about recognizing those who lived with the Daf not just as learners but as ovdei Hashem. The focus is not just on the logistics but on the meaning—on creating an atmosphere that properly reflects the gadlus of those being honored.