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cellioTonight/tomorrow is the festival of Shavuot, which (among things) is about the giving of torah at Sinai. It's my favorite holiday thematically.
There is a tradition to stay up all night (or, well, into the night at least) studying torah, in preparation for "receiving" it in the morning. (Why? The ancient Israelites had to be woken up; we're supposed to try not to repeat the mistake.) This study session is called a tikkun leil shavuot (or "tikkun" for short). My rabbi leads an excellent tikkun every year, but this year there is going to be a community-wide one with many local rabbis (including mine), so we won't be having ours. On the one hand that's disappointing, but I picked up a copy of the schedule at services this morning, and there are interesting-sounding sessions being taught by rabbis I've never met. So while it's tempting to go to the classes taught by the rabbis I know (and know to be good), I plan to use this opportunity instead to get to know some new-to-me folks. Should be fun.
The community tikkun only goes until 1AM. There will be all-night sessions at Kollel and (I thnk) Shaare Torah. I'll decide at the time how I feel about continuing at one of those places. (I've never been to Kollel. I sometimes get a "we're for men, and women who want to be good moms" vibe from them, but tonight could be different. We'll see.
Chag sameach if you celebrate; happy Friday if you don't. And I guess if Shavuot is now then Pentecost is Sunday, so happy holiday to my Christian readers.
There is a tradition to stay up all night (or, well, into the night at least) studying torah, in preparation for "receiving" it in the morning. (Why? The ancient Israelites had to be woken up; we're supposed to try not to repeat the mistake.) This study session is called a tikkun leil shavuot (or "tikkun" for short). My rabbi leads an excellent tikkun every year, but this year there is going to be a community-wide one with many local rabbis (including mine), so we won't be having ours. On the one hand that's disappointing, but I picked up a copy of the schedule at services this morning, and there are interesting-sounding sessions being taught by rabbis I've never met. So while it's tempting to go to the classes taught by the rabbis I know (and know to be good), I plan to use this opportunity instead to get to know some new-to-me folks. Should be fun.
The community tikkun only goes until 1AM. There will be all-night sessions at Kollel and (I thnk) Shaare Torah. I'll decide at the time how I feel about continuing at one of those places. (I've never been to Kollel. I sometimes get a "we're for men, and women who want to be good moms" vibe from them, but tonight could be different. We'll see.
Chag sameach if you celebrate; happy Friday if you don't. And I guess if Shavuot is now then Pentecost is Sunday, so happy holiday to my Christian readers.
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Date: 2009-06-02 03:24 am (UTC)