Reply To: How was Daf Yomi studied originally?

You can’t get through the Daf with a Mesivta or Artscroll & go back to catch the Rashi’s. Rashi needs to be learned step by step line by line. Doing so would take me on average at least an 1 to 2 hours to understand a Blatt properly, Excluding Chazarah. I wasn’t ready for that level of commitment in addition to my other Sedarim. If I forget about Rashi it can be done with an Artscroll in 20-30 minutes. I just felt like I was betraying Rashi & the whole concept of Torah Sheball Peh by ignoring Rashi & just going quickly over the Gemarah with the help of a Mesivta. I also find it hard to believe that this was the original intention of Rav Meir Shapiro when he established Day Yomi. I’m sure he assumed that the Rashi would be learned together with the Gemarah. & that’s a whole different learning experience. I can’t imagine a former Kollel yungerman thinking to himself that learned a blatt Gemarah today without having peered into even one Rashi on the Daf. Even if he has the G”M cold.