Eli Stefansky

Rabbi Eli Stefansky was raised in New York City and Bnei Brak, Israel.[2] He is a graduate of multiple yeshivas in Israel and the United States. He continued his studies after his marriage, and subsequently entered the real estate business.

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Ei Stefansky
Personal
Born
Eli Stefansky

Lakewood, NJ
ReligionJudaism
NationalityUnited States of America
SpouseFaige Friedman[1]
Parent
  • Rus bas Mordechai (mother)
DenominationOrthodox
PositionMaggid Shiur
YeshivaMercaz Daf Yomi
Began2020
ResidenceIsrael

His Daf Yomi shiur is streamed live each weekday morning and on Saturdays after the end of Sabbath, and is recorded and uploaded to many streaming platforms. The shiur is watched live in person and over the internet by hundreds of students from around the world, and thousands more watch the recording later on in the day. Students email Stefansky with questions and comments, from which he reads selections during subsequent shiurim.

Daf Yomi

For more than 7 years, Stefansky gave a daf yomi shiur in Chicago to a small group of students.[3]

When he moved to Israel he gave a weekly shiur from his home, where he reviewed the week's daf yomi in about 45 minutes. This gave him the idea to create his well known daily 8 Minute Daf program. By January 2020, nearly 15,000 people were receiving the daily 8 minute clip via WhatsApp.[4]

After moving to Israel, he was encouraged to begin giving a full daily daf shiur. The space he was using to give that shiur quickly filled, and Stefansky started plans to develop a building dedicated to the giving of Daf Yom shiurim.[4]

Merkaz Daf Yomi

Stefansky's dedicated building is known as Mercaz Daf Yomi and is located in Ramat Bet Shemesh. The building was ready and opened in time for the 14th Daf Yomi Cycle, which began on January 4, 2020. It seats approximately 100 students. Stefansky describes it as a ″Mancave for Torah.″[5]

Songs

Several songs were composed and recorded about the MDY phenomenon including "Ki Ner Mitzvah"[6] by Rabbi Nachman Seltzer, himself once a singer for the Miami Boys Choir. Rabbi Seltzer also composed and sung "It's About The Yomi".[7]

Dovid Adress, a student of Stefansky, composed "Where Do You Do Daf"[8] and "It's All About The Yomi", in which Adress refers to Stefansky as ″The greatest Maggid Shiur in daf history.″

References
  1. Saphirstein, By Shabsie. "MDY Founder Reb Eli Stefansky Brings Achdus To New York". Queens Jewish Link | Connecting the Queens Jewish Community. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  2. "Work/Life Solutions with Eli Stefansky". January 1, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  3. "The Full Story Behind the "8 Minute Daf"". January 1, 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  4. Markovitz, Pearl. "R' Eli Stefansky Hosts Mega Mercaz Daf Yomi Siyum". jewishlink.news. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  5. Ami Magazine Article
  6. "Ki Ner Mitzvah - By Nachman Seltzer (A song for MDY)". Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  7. "MUSIC VIDEO: "It's About The Yomi" by R' Nachman Seltzer for MDY". Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via www.youtube.com.
  8. "Where Do You Do the Daf?". Retrieved March 21, 2023 – via www.youtube.com.


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