Through stories and halachos
Complex and amusing
Some seeming simple line I read
That soon became confusing
I met tzaddikim
On the way
And rogues and villains too
Our history contained within
The forging of the Jew
Yes, daf by daf
I journeyed
With every day a blatt
And now it’s time to celebrate
Every line and dot
Began by learning Brachos
The praising of Hashem
And Shabbos with its every p’rat
Scores and scores of them
Then we learned of Eiruvin
Where we can
And cannot carry
Pesachim, Korban Pesach
Eat and do not tarry
We learned the laws of chometz
And then Shekalim were sought
And for Daf Yomi
Something new
For Yerushalmi was taught
The holiness of Yuma
Avodah and kapparah
Sukkah had us building huts
And Beitzah’s nolad s’varah
Rosh Hashanah saw us
Mechadeish the levanah
And Taanis helped us think a bit
And daven with kavanah
Megillah with its simcha
Moed Kotton – Chol Hamoed
And then about the sadness
That we learned to forebode
Chagigah, Yomim Tovim
And all of the korbonos
And then we started Noshim
And cheshbon of Yevamos
Kesubos is ‘bout contracts
Between man and his wife
Nedorim, Nazir, Sotah
Of sacrifice and strife
And Gittin and Kiddushin
Marriage and divorce
When things just sadly
Don’t work out
What is the proper course?
Bang! It’s Bava Kama!
What damage did it do?
And then Bava Metziah
Who owns it, me or you?
We learned through Bava Basra
And some did understand
That just because I live here
Is it really my land?
Decided by Sanhedrin
Sometimes only three
But if the case is capitol
It’s one and seventy
Of course it deals with punishments
And how to deal with debt
And Makkos tells us punishments
That the resha’im get
We learned Maseches Shavuos
Be careful what we say
And when one cares
And when one swears
And when one has to pay
And Idiyos attests to what
The holy rebbi said
And Horiyos will warn all those
Who sit there on the head
Avodah Zara was enlightening
What goyim would once do
And Avos taught us all the ways
To be a proper Jew
We traveled on to Kodshim
Zevochim and Menachos
And those who once
Had learned in Brisk
Really showed their kochos
And Chullin fascinated us
To learn about a tongue
Or how to check a sircha
A blemish on a lung
And then we learned Bechoros
The din of firstborn sheep
And many of the other gifts
That a kohein can keep
Eruchin – evaluate
The worth of anything
Temurah teaches laws about
Kedushah transferring
We learned about Me’ilah
Making holiness profane
Krisus is where korbanos
For kareis they explain
And Tomid is our daily fare
Middos, the Mikdosh measures
Kinnim are the birds poor men
Would bring as simple treasures
And finally it’s Niddah
To make our homes so pure
So that kedushah will grace us
And holiness ensure
A journey tens of thousands made
With each thousands of blatt
And some remember them for years
And others have forgot
But they will join together
In Torah unison
And look on high
As they stand tall
And lend a cry:
“HADRAN!”
