Shavuos: Why the Cheesecake? Why No Sleeping? - By Rabbi YY Jacobson
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As heaven quarreled with earth who should receive Torah, the meat-after-milk diet determined the verdict For Source Sheets: https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/2435 Unlike any other Jewish Holiday or Shabbos meal, which are always highlighted by a main course of meat or chicken, customarily, the festive meal of Shavuos is dairy and only afterward do we eat deli. Although there are various reasons given for this, this class will explain the spiritual and psychological idea behind this custom, based on the Kabbalistic and Chassidic symbolism of meat and milk. We will also explore the laws of the prohibition against eating meat and dairy products together, and the reason for waiting six hours after eating meat before eating dairy, but not the reverse. The class also explains the deeper reason for the Jewish custom to stay up on the night of Shavuos. The reason given is because Jews went to sleep on that night, and we are rectifying their behavior. But why would they go to sleep on such an exciting night?