Should one stay awake all night learning Torah on the night of Shavuot?
Synopsis
The Zohar records that the pious ones would stay awake all night on Shavuot engaged in Torah study. The Ari z"l taught that one who does so without sleeping at all is assured no harm will come to him.
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