Halacha Berurah: Shavous – Halachos When Staying Up All Night
By Rabbi Elli Bohm
Reviewed by Harav Yisroel Belsky
Staying Awake to Learn on Shavuos Night
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Today’s Yahrtzeits & History – 5-6-7 Sivan
Yahrtzeits - 5 Sivan
Rav Ze'ev Wolf of Zhitomer, the Ohr Hameir (1797)
-Rav Chaim Yaakov Safran, Kamorna Admor
-Rav Eliyahu of Ziditchov (1875)
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