What is “Mishmar”?

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What exactly is Mishmar? I see lots of yeshiva boys going to something called Mishmar once a week where they study Torah for about an hour.

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  1. The Just Ask! - AskTheRabbi.org Team

    There is a custom among the Yeshiva boys to learn late on Thursday night. Very often it comes with refreshments (cholent is usually a staple!), which help the boys stay up until the wee hours of the morning learning Torah. Many have the custom to make it an all-nighter and to daven with the sun-up.

    In any event, regardless of how late they stay up to learn Torah, the idea of the Mishmar is to show how dear learning Torah is by putting in extra hours.

    Best wishes from the AskTheRabbi.org Team