By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com Since there will be numerous siyumim this Friday, it is worthwhile to see what Maran Rav Chaim zatzal said about Siyumim, in general. Can a siyum be made – just on Gemorah – without Rashi? If he understands what he learned it is a siyum.  Abaya himself who (Shabbos 119a) said, regarding a siyum that he would make a “Yom Tov celebration for someone who makes a siyum” learned without Rashi. If a person just says over the shakal v’tarya of the Gemorah, but does so very precisely – is this enough for a siyum? Not for Erev Pesach (and presumably not for the 9 days) If a child makes a siyum is it effective? Why not?  This is a complete siyum! – Even for the Nine Days! If a person skipped a few lines is it still effective for a Siyum? It is not like a sefer Torah. As long as one did not skip an entire Sugya. What about Meseches Sanhedrin, where the censor [in Europe] took out entire sections? Ideally, he should learn the section that were censored.  This is what I do.  But bdieved, we can assume that since that is the form in which [mishamayim] it worked out that way, it would be okay. For more Torah from Rav Chaim zatzal go to orchotyosher.org

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