In kabbalistic circles it refers to a spiritual correction for some fault. The halachic authorities strongly encourage reading this text,10 which includes the beginning and end of every section of the tanach and the mishnah. Tikkun leil shavuot, the nightlong tradition of studying torah on shavuot, is common amongst jews of all ethnic backgrounds. The light of torah makes it possible for us to accept every situation as a situation that precedes.
Tikkun leil shabbat is a project of jews united for justice jufj, an organization which engages the washingtonarea jewish community in local campaigns for social justice, and donations to tikkun leil shabbat are acknowledged as taxdeductible through jufj. The word tikkun in hebrew can also mean a repair or a correction. The meaning of the correction of the night of shavuot tikkun leil shavuot the correction of the night of shavuot tikkun leil shavuot is a spiritual state in which the darkness of the ego is revealed and then we require the light of torah. Genesis parsha bereishit 1 parsha noach 6 lech lecha 7 vayeira 8 chayei sarah 10 toldot 12 vayeitzei vayishlach 14 vayeishev 15 mikeitz 16 vayigash 18 vayechi 19. Rabbi josh weinberg president, arza the reform israel fund exodus 6. Shavuot 5779 at ftjc shavuot fort tryon jewish center. The origins of tikkun leyl shavuot are ascribed in the. The first recorded tikkun leil shavuot took place in 1533 when rabbi joseph caro, author of the shulchan aruch, met up with rabbi shlomo alkabetz, of lecha dodi fame.
Despite gods message that they will be redeemed from slavery, the israelites spirits remain crushed. It is a jewish holiday that occurs on the sixth day of the hebrew month of sivan, meaning it may fall between may 15 and june 14. Please help sustain our important work in the past week, the jcc began the first of 9 blood drives at our facilities gave out 710 meals to go to seniors facilitated 650 wellness checkin phone calls to isolated seniors provided a robust schedule of virtual programming online for us to continue supporting your community and providing necessary resources, and to ensure the. Rabbi simeon would sit and study torah all night when the bride was about to be united with her husband. The third meaning refers to the editing or preparation of texts that are studied during these. The tradition of tikkun leil shavuot studying torah throughout the night of shavuot is first mentioned in the zohar on vayikra 23.
This blogpost series is called holidays and holy days to inform our osu community about significant religious and spiritual observances. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. There are also tikkun rituals for other occasions, like hoshanah rabbah and the seventh night of passover. Shavuot listen help info, yiddish shovues listen help info in ashkenazi usage, hebrew. Traditionally, we are taught that the reason we pull this allnighter, so to speak, is because when the torah was.
Public source sheets on tagged with tikkun, drawing from sefarias library of jewish. All in all, tikkun leil shavuot is a relatively recent. On the holiday of shavuot mondaytuesday next week, its traditional to stay up all night studying in whats called a tikkun leil shavuot. The yizkor service is recited on the second day of shavuot, just as on yom kippur, shmini atzeret, and the eighth day of passover.
According to tradition the israelites actually overslept on the morning of the giving of torah and so to compensate, we stay awake the whole night now. It helps us to be particularly receptive to the body of law we will be given the next morning. This question is discussed in detail among the rabbis. After you attend, please fill out the tikkun 20 survey a unique communitywide celebration and night of learning, a spiritual journey bringing together people of all varied perspectives and affiliations. Tikun leil shavuot zereay lil oewz tvivbs lyl vqt tikun leil shavuot the night before the torah was given, the israelites retired early to be wellrested for the great day ahead, but they overslept and moses had to wake them. Some may not know of the ritual tikkun leil shavuot also known as a tikkun, a full night in which teaching and learning of all sorts takes place among different jewish communities.
This custom is not mentioned in the mishnah, the gemara, by the gaonim, the rambam, the tur, in the shulchan arukh though see below and by the rama. The book of ruth is read at services and yizkor memorial prayers are recited and many people engage in all night torah study called tikkun leil shavuot. This mystical observance, a vigil of study that leads to the symbolic arrival of torah, developed. Senior lecturer, netanya academic college 88 riets. Festival connecting harvest with the giving of the torah. What is the meaning of tikkun repair on tikkun leil shavuot.
A tikkun occurs when one learns with a lev tahor, a pure heart and holy, implementable, new awareness emerges. The article looks back to the original order of the traditional tikkun that was determined 400 years ago in the zohar, explores the preliminary prayer we say before we begin learning, and references commentaries. In order to atone for this national mistake, many jews study torah all night long, in symbolic anticipation for receiving the torah on shavuot day. Andrew schein senior lecturer, netanya academic college 88 riets one of the popular customs on shavuo t is to stay awake all night learning torah. Diego rivera, isaac berliner, and mexican art of the oppressed emily feder. If you know of a significant holiday or holy day coming up, please communicate the information to hannah pynn hannah. Rabbi rick jacobs president, union for reform judaism parashat yitro, exodus 18. How has your community helped you through difficult times and celebrated success with you. Even though there are no real ritualistic demands, it has some unique customs including tikkun leil shavuot, an allnight. These names reflect the holidays origin as the time marking the end of the spring wheat harvest. The festive holiday of shavuot is best known for its allnight torah learning. Shavuot, a festival of mystic revelation, particularly illustrates this.
Symbols, metaphors and old texts lay strewn around the warehouses of culture, waiting to be picked up again, turned useful, regain value. Based on the talmud in ketubot 103b we will engage in a learning style that rav chiya maintains saved torah from being forgotten. While not technically accurate, it is also not wholly inappropriate. The practice of studying all night comes from the kabbalists of sfat, who developed the allnight study vigil as the way to celebrate the revelation of the torah at sinai. The 50 days between the second day of passover and shavuot are called the counting of the omer, omer being a unit of measure. The opinions and views expressed are solely those of the author or lecturer and should not be attributed to yeshiva. Tikkun leyl shavuot 32nd annual tikkun leyl shavuot. But in the hands of its rabbinic readers, it came both darker and more heroic, a highstakes narrative against the backdrop of total. According to the bible, shavuot isnt exactly a real holiday. The jewish sages teach that staying up all night is more than just a celebration of torah. This holiday is unique in that it is not given a specified date in the torah. Later, under the influence of the kabbalah revolution of the ari, these were dubbed tikkun leil shavuot, which is what they are called to this very day.
One such havurah held a tikkun leil shavuot exactly 480 years ago, which luckily for us was recorded and copied in numerous books in subsequent years, becoming a landmark for jewish intellectual history. Known as a tikkun leil shavuot, free jewish learning overnights are offered worldwide the night of shavuot. Joseph karo and the epistle of solomon halevi elkabetz. The implications of tohutikun underlie the origin of free will and the realm of kelipah evil, caused by shevirat hakelimshevirah shattering of the vessels of tohu, the processes of spiritual and physical exile and redemption, the meaning of the 6 mitzvot jewish observances, and the messianic rectification of. Study culminates in the tikkun leil shavuot allnight studying on the first evening of shavuot, meant to make up for omissions or deficiencies in our devotion to torah during the preceding year. Tikkun leil shavuot a special service for the evening of shavuot, involving the study of jewish sources, particularly the jewish bible and postbiblical law materials all night on the holiday of shavuot. Examining the origin of the practice from a mystical perspective rabbi michael siegel performance by comedian, actor and singer mac cherny. A surprising twist on the story of shavuot came in the 20th century, when jews, mostly from eastern europe, started to settle israel and establish agricultural communities.
Yutorah online tikkun leil shavuos source sheet rabbi. All in all, tikkun leil shavuot is a relatively recent development. The custom of taking part in a tikkun on the eve of shavuot has been adopted by almost all jewish communities irrespective of ethnic background, despite the fact that it is not referred to anywhere in the classical halachic literature. The textual basis for the ritual of tikkun leil shavuot is the following passage from the zohar. Lakeview tikkun leil shavuot event anshe sholom bnai. Tikkun leil shavuot correction for shavuot night was instituted by rabbi isaac luria, the ari and allows us. We stay up all night in the flea market treasure hunt which is. Which passages comprise the classic tikkun leil shavuot. According to the shelah, tikkun leil shavuot is obligatory. Thu, may 28 fri, may 29, sunsetsunrise jcc east bay, berkeley branch join us for an evening of learning, inspiration, and unique perspectives during the kabbalist tradition of shavuot. Through this learning, we prepare ourselves for receiving. I share a translation of this account as a gift for shavuot.
What is the real reason we stay up all night on shavuot. The holiday of shavuot is the second of the torahs three pilgrimage festivals. Shavuot commemorates receiving the torah at mount sinai, but its a mixed bag of observances this year june 11. Some have colloquially come to refer to the allnight study session itself as tikkun leil shavuot. Pdf tikkun leil shavuot morris faierstein academia. The tikkun leil shavuot rectification for shavuot night consists of excerpts from the beginning and end of each of the 24 books of tanakh including the reading in full of several key sections such as the account of the days of creation, the exodus, the giving of the ten commandments and the shema and the 63 books of mishnah. We received torah shebichtav on shavuot, shouldnt that be what we learn shavuot night. On the night of the festival of shavuot the first night of shavuot in the diaspora, it is traditional for jews to stay up and learn torah a centuriesold custom known as tikkun leil shavuot.
We remain awake to show that, unlike the situation of our heavylidded ancestors at sinai, there is no need to bring us to our senses. This practice is also known as tikkun leil shavuot. The biblical book of ruth is part pastoral tale, part love story, and part royal origin myth. The arizal s torah study guide from the introduction.
Fascinating origins of tikkun leil shavuot reclaiming. It offers more than 185,000 shiurim via webcast in audio, video and text formats by our roshei yeshiva and other yu luminaries. For one night in the jewish calendar, the warehouse becomes the focus. The torah is likened to milk, and our prayer is that the materials here are nourishing to your mind and your soul. A lecture delivered at the 40 th annual conference of the association for jewish studies, washington d. Join us for a joint tikkun leil at shomrei hadath, 64 burrard rd, london nw6 1dd. A tikkun is also implementation of justice and healing based upon awareness. Many people recite maariv before the meal, go home to eat, and return to synagogue for the study session. The 16th century kabbalist, rabbi isaac luria, known as the ari a. The status of shavout as the most sacred moment in history, in which the torah was given on mount sinai, is largely described in the midrashim. Weeks, is known as the feast of weeks or pentecost koine greek. Shavuot is the time when the community gathers around the mountain, and makes pilgrimage to a holy place, for the ultimate transformative experience. Hampstead synagogue tikkun leil shavuot at shomrei hadath. And milk upon your tongue what follows is a veritable buffet of shavuot treats, for the first time compiled in english to this authors knowledge.
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