{"id":9451,"date":"2000-12-13T00:09:13","date_gmt":"2000-12-12T22:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=9451"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:24:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T10:24:45","slug":"12-13-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/12-13-09\/","title":{"rendered":"09. What to Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are two customs regarding what material to study on Shavu\u2019ot night, both of which are perfectly fine. The first custom is the one established by the kabbalists and called <em>Tikun Leil Shavu\u2019ot<\/em>. According to this custom, one recites the first three and last three verses of every <em>parsha<\/em> in the Torah. Sections particularly relevant to the festival, such as those that describe <em>Matan Torah<\/em> and the Ten Commandments, are recited in their entirety. After the Torah verses, the first and last three verses of each book of the Prophets and the Writings are recited. Afterward, the first and last <em>mishna<\/em> of every tractate is recited, though some do not recite <em>mishnayot<\/em>. Afterward all 613 <em>mitzvot<\/em> are enumerated, followed by <em>midrashim<\/em> about the giving of the Torah. This is followed by <em>Idra Rabba<\/em> and other <em>Zohar <\/em>passages. In addition to those who always follow kabbalistic customs, other communities have adopted this routine as well, and it was the custom of the Vilna Gaon, \u1e24atam Sofer, and R. Eliyahu David Rabinowitz-Teomim (Aderet). Some maintain that this order of study should be done with a <em>minyan<\/em> (<em>Shlah<\/em>; \u1e24ida).<sup><a href='#_te01ftn13_2' id='_te01ftnref13_2' class='aup1'>[2]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n<p>The second custom is that each person should learn whatever he wants, as the Sages state: \u201cA person best learns the area of Torah that his heart desires\u201d (AZ 19b). Many yeshiva students study Gemara, as they do during most of their study time. Others choose to study texts related to the value of Torah or the sanctity of the day. It is told that the author of <em>Terumat Ha-deshen<\/em>, Rabbi Israel Isserlein (who lived about 600 years ago) studied <em>Smak<\/em> (<em>Sefer Mitzvot Katan<\/em>) and sometimes Rambam\u2019s Laws of Talmud Torah. Some prefer to study Rambam\u2019s <em>Sefer Ha-mitzvot<\/em>. Our master Rav Kook would give a lengthy class on Shavu\u2019ot night based on Rambam\u2019s <em>Sefer Ha-mitzvot<\/em>. Others choose to study topics of interest to them so that they will find it easier to concentrate despite their exhaustion.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/>\n<div>\n<a href='#_te01ftnref13_2' id='_te01ftn13_2'>[2]<\/a>. <em>Shlah<\/em> states that one should recite the first and last <em>mishna<\/em> of each tractate. This is what R. Yosef Karo did, and in the merit of doing so, we are told, he had a mystical revelation (<em>Shlah<\/em>, <em>Masekhet Shavu\u2019ot<\/em>,<em> Ner Mitzva<\/em> \u00a74). Many <em>siddurim<\/em> suggest this procedure as well. In contrast, \u1e24ida, basing himself on Kabbala, writes that on Shavu\u2019ot night, one should not study Mishna, but rather Scripture and mysticism. <em>Ben Ish \u1e24ai<\/em> (Bamidbar \u00a74) and <em>Kaf Ha-\u1e25ayim <\/em>(494:9) agree with this as well. Some say that there is no point in a woman studying on this night (<em>Rav Pe\u2019alim<\/em> vol. 1, <em>Sod Yesharim<\/em> \u00a79). However, it makes sense that <em>Matan Torah<\/em> is relevant to women too, and that they should prepare for it as men do. See <em>Har\u1e25avot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are two customs regarding what material to study on Shavu\u2019ot night, both of which are perfectly fine. The first custom is the one established by the kabbalists and called Tikun Leil Shavu\u2019ot. According to this custom, one recites the first three and last three verses of every parsha in the Torah. 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