Why We Stay Up Shavuot Night
Explore the earliest sources for why we stay up all night on Shavuot to learn Torah, and discover the real reason for this seemingly misunderstood custom.
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Rabbi Mendel Kaplan is the Spiritual Leader and Executive Director of Chabad Flamingo in Thornhill, Ontario, serving one of Canada’s most dynamic Jewish communities. He also serves as Chaplain of the York Regional Police Service. He is an active member of Toronto’s Vaad HaRabbanim (Council of Orthodox Rabbis), and a voting member of the COR Kashruth Council of Canada’s executive rabbinical board. Rabbi Kaplan is featured regularly on many local television and radio shows. He is a sought after speaker, with hundreds of lectures on Chabad.org. He and his wife, Faygie, are blessed with eight children. Artistically endowed, the rabbi enjoys drawing, sketching and creating charcoal portraits.
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Chavah Kwiatkowska
Latvia
June 1, 2014
Dear Rabbi, thank you very much for this informative and thought-provoking lecture!
Happy Shavuot to you and your family!
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Beautiful class! One mistake though, the second night that group of Bet Yosef studied together wasn't second night of yom tov, it was in Israel. They just said let's get together and learn.