I'll post soon my remarks delivered this morning on the occasion of Avi's Siyyum.

A "siyyum" is a teaching and celebratory session marking the conclusion of one's study of an order of Mishna, a codification of the Jewish Oral Law edited around the year 200 c.e., or of a tractate of Talmud, which is a compilation of early Rabbinic discussions about the Mishna.

This morning, I led a siyyum of the entire Six Orders of the Mishna on behalf of all those who had studied a tractate of Mishna in Avi's memory.

I spoke extemporaneously this morning from notes, so I need to write a version suitable for posting, which I plan to do within the next few days.