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Can We Decorate Shul With Flowers for Shavuot? And Should I Pull an All-Nighter?

Can We Decorate Shul With Flowers for Shavuot? And Should I Pull an All-Nighter?

Update: 2025-05-28

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This episode deals with Shavuot questions about decorating shul with flowers, as well as the custom of having a Tikkun Leil Shavuot, a night of staying up to learn Torah. Where do these customs originate, and what is their status?

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Music featured in this episode: Sleep by BJSR

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Can We Decorate Shul With Flowers for Shavuot? And Should I Pull an All-Nighter?

Can We Decorate Shul With Flowers for Shavuot? And Should I Pull an All-Nighter?

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