[Avodah] Source needed

Simon Montagu simon.montagu at gmail.com
Wed May 23 22:30:09 PDT 2012


On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:
> On 23/05/2012 12:34 PM, eli.neuberger at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>> What is the source of the minhag to read a shtar hatanaim on Shavous
>> morning?
>
>
> This is the first I've heard of it, but I also heard yesterday of a
> Sefardi minhag to read a ketuba during hotza'at sefer torah.  Presumably
> they have the same origin, whatever it is.

AIUI the Shavu`ot ketubba originated among talmidei Ha'Ari in C16
Ts'fat, e.g. R. Yisra'el Najara, as part of (or connected to) the
formalization of Tikkun Leil Shavu`ot.



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