There are many ways to spend sleepless nights in
Next week, there will be an opportunity to do something more unusual (i.e, not involving any bouzouki ;-): spend a sleepless night studying Torah, Talmud and Kabbala.
Sunday evening, the first night of Shavuot, the custom is to stay up at night, studying the Torah (and drinking a lot of coffee :) .
The reason is because the Israelites in the desert were getting ready to receive the Torah the next day, and decided to sleep in order to be fresh… but they overslept and G-d had to wake them up to get them to Mount Sinai to listen to the 10 Commandments…
To correct this, we stay up every year on Shavuot night, showing our excitement and eagerness to receive the Torah…
So, we’re holding an (almost) all night study next Sunday evening, you’re all invited to join: dinner at 21:00, followed by learning. (Please email to reserve.)
So, ready for a sleepless night?