Sefirat HaOmer period

Real growth is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Pesach, the Omer counting and Shavuot delineate the key steps to real personal growth.

This class provides a fresh and profoundly new understanding of the mitzvah of Sefirat Ha’Omer or “Counting the Omer”, which is found in Parshat Emor. You’ll discover how the three, and seemingly very different narratives attached to this observance and t...

Learn all about the special day of Lag B’Omer and the many practical lessons to be applied in our daily lives. Discover the reasons behind the bow and arrow symbolism on this day, and how the behavior of Rabbi Akiva's students can teach us how help someon...

The interplay of positivity and negativity in the context of Jewish history and Sefirat Haomer.

On each day of the 49 days between Passover and Shavuos, it is customary to study a page of the Talmudic tractate Sotah, which consists of 49 pages. But the origins of this custom are immediately called into question: The Talmud existed well before the ag...