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==Shavuot night==
==Shavuot night==
# Many have the custom to stay up shavuot night learning torah.<ref>Mishna Brurah 494:1 writes that the practice is to stay up all night to learn. He quotes Arizal who said that one who learns all night on Shavuot will long the next year without being damaged. He also quotes the Magen Avraham who explains that since Bnei Yisrael overslept on the day of Matan Torah we stay up all night in order to rectify that mistake.</ref>
# One shouldn't say [[Kiddush]] on Shavuot night until [[Tzet HaCochavim]].<ref>Magen Avraham (Intro to 494)</ref>
# Many have the custom to stay up Shavuot night learning torah.<ref>Mishna Brurah 494:1 writes that the practice is to stay up all night to learn. He quotes Arizal who said that one who learns all night on Shavuot will long the next year without being damaged. He also quotes the Magen Avraham who explains that since Bnei Yisrael overslept on the day of Matan Torah we stay up all night in order to rectify that mistake.</ref>
 
==Shavuot morning==
==Shavuot morning==
===Netilat Yadayim===
===Netilat Yadayim===