The Kabbalah of Sefirat HaOmer: The Spiritual Understanding of Counting the Omer
We count 49 days from Passover to Shavuot, the day of the giving of the Torah. In the siddur (prayer book), it associates each day of counting to a different “sefirah” (kabbalistic attribute). How is all of this relevant to us now?
| See Also: | Count Today's Omer | |
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| Topics: | Kabbalah, Counting of the Omer | |
Rabbi Ruvi New is the director and spiritual leader of Chabad of East Boca Raton , Florida. Rabbi New serves on the Editorial Board of the Jewish Learning Institute. Australian born, he is a much sought after lecturer on Kabbalah, and is also a professional recording artist, whose recent album Storm the World, reached #8 on the Itunes World Music Charts. Together with his wife Ahuva, they are the proud parents of 10 children and one grandchild.
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Re: My innate good is in fact a revelation of God It is not clear to me exactly what your criticism is, and how it relates to Rabbi New's lecture. In any case, most would agree that the Torah itself, the books of the Tanach (Jewish Bible) require further explanation. The people of Israel have always had explanations of what is found in our Torah, that were passed down through the generations, and these are reflected in the Talmud.