יהא זהיר מאד לקום תמיד בחצות הלילה אם אינו קם והי' שלא מחמ' אונס הוא בנידוי למעלה ח"ו.
Be very scrupulous about always rising for the midnight prayers. If you did not rise, and you were not prevented because of something beyond your control, you will be ostracized Above, God forbid.49The importance of Tikkun Chatzot and nightly Torah study is mentioned in the Talmud and throughout the Zohar. In Iggeret HaTeshuvah of Tanya, Ch. 10, it is prescribed that “Whoever cannot do this nightly should at the very least do so once every week, before the Shabbat.” Also see Shulchan Aruch (the Code of Jewish Law), Orach Chayim 1:2-4.
יהא זהיר מאד לקום תמיד בחצות הלילה אם אינו קם והי' שלא מחמ' אונס הוא בנידוי למעלה ח"ו.
Be very scrupulous about always rising for the midnight prayers. If you did not rise, and you were not prevented because of something beyond your control, you will be ostracized Above, God forbid.49The importance of Tikkun Chatzot and nightly Torah study is mentioned in the Talmud and throughout the Zohar. In Iggeret HaTeshuvah of Tanya, Ch. 10, it is prescribed that “Whoever cannot do this nightly should at the very least do so once every week, before the Shabbat.” Also see Shulchan Aruch (the Code of Jewish Law), Orach Chayim 1:2-4.