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Megillat Ruth
Theme of Shavuot
Shavuot in the Talmud
Customs
Tikkun Leil
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Was Ruth Jewish?

Ruth was not born a Jew but took the faith upon herself when she married Boaz stating “Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried”

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Since the establishment of the Jewish calendar, Shavuot regularly falls on the...

6th of Sivan

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What error was made by the Bnei Yisrael on the morning of the giving of the Torah?
We overslept
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It is custom to eat what type of foods?
Dairy
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What is tikkun Leil?

Traditionally, jews will stay up all night learning torah and listening to shiurim/talks.

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What was Ruth's nationality?
Moabite
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What is the date given for Shavuot in the Torah?

None, it is the only holiday without an exact date but it falls out precisely 49 days after the second day of Passover, a period of time known as the Omer 

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What event between a man and woman is the giving of the Torah likened to?
Marriage
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Why are synagogues decorated with greenery?
Mount Sinai was miraculously covered with greenery and vegetation.
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What does tikkun mean?

Repair

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who did Ruth marry?

Boaz

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What is one other name Shavuot is known as?

1. Chag HaBikkurim (Festival of the First Fruits) 2. Chag HaKatzir (Harvest Festival) 3. Chag Matan Torah (Festival of the giving of the Torah)

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Mount Sinai is likened to be a "Chuppah". Why is this so?
Hashem lifted the mountain over us.
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On what Mountain was the torah given?

Har Sinai

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What is the earliest source of the custom?

The Zohar

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What is the name of Ruths mother-in-law

Naomi

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Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot are collectively known as...
The Shalosh Regalim (The three pilgrimage festivals)
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What would have been if the Bnei Yisrael rejected the giving of the Torah?
Hashem would have dropped Mount Sinai on us?
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What is the special Shavuot Torah reading about?
We read the 10 Commandments
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What are we repairing?

A reason given for the term 'tikkun' is that we study of the Torah on the night before Shavuot (the giving of the Torah) to rectify the sin as according to the Midrash on the Song of Songs, we slept late on the day the Torah was given, instead of waiting eagerly, and the Hashem had to wake them with thunder and lightning.

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Who is Ruth's descendant? 

King David

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What is an Omer?
A measure / sheaf of barley
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What is the name of Shavuot as referred to in the Talmud?

Atzeret - comes from the word Atzara meaning gathering

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Why do we eat dairy on shavuot?

Various reasons for this tradition have been offered, but many link it to the fact that the kosher laws were handed down on Shavuot, and the ancient Israelites, finding that their meat was no longer kosher, ate dairy foods instead.

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What is the Hebrew phrase describes learning done “for its own sake,” often emphasized during Tikkun Leil.

Learning Lishma / Lishma Torah