Hakdamah/Introduction

As a brief introduction, the Ari’zal writes that one who does not sleep the night of Shavuot and toils in Torah is assured to live out the year and no harm will occur to him. Shulhan Arukh with Mishnah Brurah 494:1 There is a compilation of torah learning known as “Tikkun Lay’l Shavuot” which has the Zohar and the writings of The Ari’zal as its source, and many have the minhag to say/learn this on Shavuot night. Kaf Hachaim 106:7, Lev Dovid L’Hachidah. This compilation can be purchased at most Hebrew Book stores.

We here follow the Sefardic custom as appears in the Nahar Shalom version.

Traditional Kabbalah holds that women should not say the “Tikkun Lay’l Shavuot”. However, some say that a woman who counted all the days of  Sefirat Ha’omer may learn the portions of the Tikkun which are from Tanakh.

S’U Rav Poalim 1SY:9, Kaf HaHaim 106:8

One should not belittle the importance of this reading., and this Sefer Vehalav Tahat LeShonaik is dedicated to this venture. Even though it consists of simple verses and passages, this is a time-honored custom that should be respected and followed. The Tikkun generally takes approximately 2-3 hours (depending, of course, on the speed at which it is read), and after one completes the reading and the list of the 613 Torah Commandments, he is certainly allowed and encouraged to study the Midrashim and Zohars translated below.

The 24 books of the Torah correspond to the 24 adornments we prepare for the Bride (we Jewish people) for our marriage with Gd under the Huppah (Mount Sinai) with our Ketuba (the Torah). They are listed in Yeshayah 3:18-24 and are: shoe-bells, head scarves, moon-shaped ornaments, necklaces, bracelets, veils, bonnets, leg bands, hair ties, brooches, earrings, rings, nose rings, robes, shawls, kerchiefs, pouches, mirrors, linens, turbans, claps, belts, coiffure, and ornamental belt. We read a portion from each book to bedeck the Bride, which is her Tikkun–repair, hence the name Tikkun Lay’l Shavuot.

It is said that all were healed from the venom of the Garden of Eden Serpent when the Torah was received.

Guess what? The Torah is received anew every year. And if you are present and have learned the Tikkun, you have done a good start to heal yourself in the 24 areas corresponding to the 24 garments. By clothing the Bride we are healing ourselves. Even though it may not manifest externally, Kol Yisrael–the collective soul of Israel–is a very different creature after this come Wednesday morn.

Blessings on a night of renewed Torah: the Torah of the body, the Torah of the mind, the Torah of the soul.

For the elevation of the soul of my father Shmuel ben Mosheh Yaakov and for

Devorah Ester bat Yaakov, and the Yom Huledet Samayah (Shavuot) of Malkah Ester bat Rivka.

Rahmiel Hayyim Drizin

Revised version Sivan 5771

Complete Torah Learning for Shavuot Night

Table of Contents:

Hakdamah/Introduction….page 2

Mikveh Meditation before Shavuot….page 3

Psalm for Shavuot…..page 4

Shavuot Table Learning….page 5

Divre Hayamim for Shavuot Day…page 6

Taking the Crown: Seder Tikkun Leil Shavuot …page 7

Readings for Beresheet…..page 8

Mikveh Meditations….page 23

Meditations for Morning Meal… page 24

Ben Ish Hai’s request after learning the Tenakh…page 25

[which sections may be repeated at the morning meal with #1 above];

The 613 mitzvot read after the Tenakh sections….page 28

The Eyn Yaakov Shabbat 86-89 for Shavuot …page 46

The Midrash Rabbah Parshat Yitro….page 58

Zohar selections:

Emor 97….page 64

Beresheet 8….page 65

Mishpatim 122…page 66

R. Yitzchak Schwartz’s 32 approaches to learning Torah….page 70

HaRav Ariel Bar Tzaddok’s meditation….page 74

Complete Torah Learning for Shavuot Night

Ari'zal · Ben Ish Hai · Eyn Yaakov · HaRav Ariel Bar Tzaddok · Jewish · Kabbalah · Meditation · Midrash · Mikveh · R. Yitzchak Schwartz · Sefirot · Shavuot · Tikkun · Zohar