Counting of the Omer

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Counting of the Omer: The formal counting of the 49 days from the second day of Passover to the eve of Shavuot, signifying our preparation for the receiving of the Torah on the holiday of Shavuot.

	Sefirat HaOmer Counting of the Omer March 30-May 18, 2010 Jewish Holidays » Sefirat HaOmer
	Counting the Omer Do You Count? Each year we retrace this inner journey. We count the days and weeks. The 50th day is the holiday of Shavuot, when we receive the Torah once again. We call it the "Counting of the Omer." Jewish Practice » Mitzvah Minutes » Holiday » Counting the Omer
	Emor By Eli Touger Each Person as an Individual As has been mentioned,See the sichah to Parshas Shemini in this series and the sources cited there. the counting of the omer is a preparation for the giving of the Torah. Therefore, directly after the 49 days of the omer, we ... Spirituality » Chassidic Texts » Likkutei Sichos » Volume VIII - Vayikra » Emor
	Every Moment is Precious 11 Nissan, 5742 • April 4, 1982 The Mitzvah of counting the Omer is to count the days from Passover until Shavuos, when the Omer offering was brought in the Temple. Each day has a purpose. Whether it leads up to the Omer offering or it is an ordinary day of life, we must look at the ... The Rebbe » Living Torah » Archive » Acharei-Kedoshim » Every Moment is Precious
	Positive Commandment 161 (For Children) Counting the Omer By Malka Touger Leviticus 23:15 "And you shall count for yourselves...seven weeks" Shani's cousin, Nava, was coming to visit from Eretz Yisrael. Shani was so excited, she could hardly wait for the day of her arrival. She had never met Nava, but her parents had told her ... Kids » Story Time » Bookshelf » Sefer Hamitzvot » Positive » Positive Commandment 161 (For Children)
	Peaks and Plateaus By Yanki Tauber We seek specialness. Everything else just is, and as such, unworthy of our energy or attention. But is that how we really are? Or is there another, perhaps deeper, self, that thrives on routine and regularity? Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Peaks and Plateaus
	A Speck of Flour Based on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe If chametz is so intolerable, why do we eat it all year round? And what is the significance of the unexpected appearance of "wet matzah" on the eighth day of Passover? Jewish Holidays » Passover » Study & History » Leaven and Matzah » A Speck of Flour
	Sefirah: Revelation and Struggle By Zvi Yair One morning, just before daybreak, the stranger took the people to the edge of the valley, and when the early morning breezes drove away the dark clouds, they saw far off in the distance, as if illuminated by a flash of lightning, a green-covered plateau ... Jewish Holidays » Sefirat HaOmer » Insights » Sefirah: Revelation and Struggle
	Numbers By Yanki Tauber Numbers are funny things Spirituality » Short Insights » By Yanki Tauber » Numbers
	More on the Counting of the Omer From the Book of Our Heritage The Torah writes: "And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the Shabbat, from the day that you bring the omer [offering] that is raised, seven complete weeks there shall be until the morrow of the seventh week you shall count fifty days" ... Jewish Holidays » Sefirat HaOmer » Laws » More on the Counting of the Omer

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