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Sefirat HaOmer - Counting the Omer
Between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, the Omer is counted each evening, signifying our preparation for the receiving of the Torah on the holiday of Shavuot. Your one-stop site for an enhanced Omer experience.
Between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot, the Omer is counted each evening, signifying our preparation for the receiving of the Torah on the holiday of Shavuot. Your one-stop site for an enhanced Omer experience.
Moshiach's Meal: What, Why and How
Following a tradition instituted by the Baal Shem Tov, Jews all over the world celebrate the waning hours of Passover with Moshiach’s Meal
Following a tradition instituted by the Baal Shem Tov, Jews all over the world celebrate the waning hours of Passover with Moshiach’s Meal
Yizkor at Home
Under normal circumstances, Yizkor should be recited in synagogue. What if that is not possible?
Under normal circumstances, Yizkor should be recited in synagogue. What if that is not possible?
Essay
Whole or Broken This Passover?
At a time when G‑d has taken away so many of the things we normally lean on to feel confident and complete, He is showing us that He trusts us to connect to the wholeness we possess within.
At a time when G‑d has taken away so many of the things we normally lean on to feel confident and complete, He is showing us that He trusts us to connect to the wholeness we possess within.
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Focus on Growth
On the sixteenth of Nissan, the second day of Passover, we begin counting down the days until the festival of Shavuos, a practice with origins in the Jewish people’s redemption from slavery. As soon they left Egypt, the Jews began to eagerly count down the days until G-d would give them the Torah at Sinai.
On the sixteenth of Nissan, the second day of Passover, we begin counting down the days until the festival of Shavuos, a practice with origins in the Jewish people’s redemption from slavery. As soon they left Egypt, the Jews began to eagerly count down the days until G-d would give them the Torah at Sinai.
Your Questions
Why Do We Count the Omer Specifically at Night?
Join Rabbi Shurpin for a fascinating halachic discussion of why the preferred time for this mitzvah is during the night.
Join Rabbi Shurpin for a fascinating halachic discussion of why the preferred time for this mitzvah is during the night.
How Is Romaine Lettuce a Bitter Herb?
If anything, it is quite sweet tasting. So why eat lettuce to commemorate the bitterness of the Egyptian slavery?
If anything, it is quite sweet tasting. So why eat lettuce to commemorate the bitterness of the Egyptian slavery?
Parshah
The Paradox of Eight
When we encounter the number eight in the Torah, the Torah is alerting us that the topic we are discussing is one that transcends the natural expectation.
When we encounter the number eight in the Torah, the Torah is alerting us that the topic we are discussing is one that transcends the natural expectation.
Lifestyle
"And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, but the people with me did not see it; yet a great terror befell them, and they fled into hiding" (Daniel 10:7). But if they did not see the vision, why were they terrified? Because though they themselves did not see, their mazal (supernal soul) saw...
— Talmud, Megillah 3a
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Blind faith cannot grasp Truth, because it does not grasp anything at all.
Intellect cannot grasp Truth, because intellect is finite and Truth is infinite.
Only the eye of the soul, its inner wisdom, can grasp Truth and know it as she knows her own self.
For she is Truth.
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