THE LEARNING LIBRARY
Newest published teachings, in chronological order.
Leil Seder
Halacha requires we at least try to stay awake all night
Most don’t even bother trying
Leil Shavuos
Halacha doesn’t mention staying up
But we do anyway
1-Why does Pesach require it?
2-And why do we ignore it?
3-Why does Shavuos not require it?
4-And why do we stretch ourselves to do it?
1-Start the Tikun asap (minimize socializing all night long)
2-Use Tikun of Arizal only
3-Stay on your feet after midnight
4-After the Tikun learn Zohar and/or Kabbala and/or deep Chassidus (ideally Baal Shem Tov/Imrei Emes)
5-After midnight, say all the birchos hashachar except netilas yadayim to be said after mikveh
Chatzos Kollels have become popular in recent years. Only the Zohar emphasizes the importance of this practice. It’s repeated there dozens of times.
With the haskama of Rav Moshe Shapiro zt”l I encourage people to learn this way themselves whenever possible.
When we can’t, next best is to sponsor someone who can. The ideal subject of learning after chatzos is Kabbala.
$1500 will sponsor a talmid chochom learning kabbala in Yeshivas Rashbi for a month.
Twenty years ago a colleague in the Mir discovered a number of talmidei chachomim struggling financially who refused to receive tzedaka. He outsmarted them.
They were invited to join a Shabbos kollel paying them nicely for learning they were doing anyway wherever they want. Donors don’t know the recipients, and the recipients don’t even know they’re receiving tzedaka. This is the Stealth Kollel.
Stealthily supporting thirty world class talmidei chachomim learning in Yerushalayim. The most ideal form of tzedaka, as stipulated in Bava Basra 9a.
There are no expenses and no advertising. 100% tzedaka.
Sponsoring one avrech for a month is $1000. But donations of any size are warmly welcomed.
