By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
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This year, Rav Chaim zatzal’s eldest son, Reb Shaya Kanievsky shlita, will be making the Siyum on Shas at the Lederman Shul in lieu of his father zatzal.
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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.
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