A siyum is a party thrown upon the completion of a length of text. In honor of my grandfather Edward Franklin (of Blessed Memory) who passed away in early November, I read the entire Mishnah. On the day I completed it (December 2nd), I threw a party at Nishmat and spoke about Grandpa and how special he was to me.
The crowd in the Beis Midrash (the library)
More crowds of Israeli and American students
Aviva enjoys using my camera, apparently, and takes a picture of the food
Joanna, my old roommate
Me, speaking about grandpa
Yours Truly, reading aloud the last lines of the Mishnah
Finished!
Yours Truly, speaking
Yours Truly with Rav Weisberg
Since I read the Mishnah in English, the Israeli students read the last lines in Hebrew
Shoshanna, who I used to share an apartment with
Watching my speech