At the Shavuot Festival meal, all the Lubavitcher Rebbes said words of Torah from the Baal Shem Tov and a story about him, in honor of his yahrtzeit on
the first day of Shavuot.
Be very careful to purify one’s thoughts until that time when the Ornaments of the Bride ascend.
From the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov
The
Baal Shem Tov teaches that during the reading of the Ten
Commandments, one should concentrate on the Divine Name. One must be extremely
careful not to speak a single idle word from the recitation of the
Tikun of Shavuot night until after the
Kedusha prayer of
Musaf , for then all 24 Ornaments of the Bride ascend.
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