Counting the Omer: Looking Forward
The following article was initially published on April 27, 2014. Following service to the Toronto Jewish community for a decade from 1984 to 1994, my…
The Omer
InThe Maggid of Melbourne: Hasidic Lore Series
The Tisch: Omer Obsession
The following article was published on April 13, 2020. Many people obsess over counting the Omer. “Did you count yet?” “What was last night?” “Don’t…
5780 — Shavuot: From Sefirat HaOmer to Revelation: How the Rabbis Read Biblical Texts
What part do human beings play in the revelation of Torah in the world? How do the Rabbis see their role as interpreters of Biblical…
The Parsha Discussion: Emor — Why Count the Omer?
The Pardes Parsha Discussion is a new weekly series by faculty member Rabbi Alex Israel, designed to stimulate discussion around the Shabbat table, especially with…
InHolidays & Special Readings: Yom Hazikaron
Tiferet – Truth and Beauty
Click Here for Mike’s series on counting the Omer. How can one word, tiferet, mean both truth and beauty? And how can the answer offer us…
5771 — Emor: The Omer
In this episode Rabbi Daniel Landes discusses Parshat Emor and the counting of the Omer. Please consider a donation in support of the podcast series.…
InParsha: Pardes from Jerusalem
5770 — Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira: Counting the Omer
In this episode Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels discusses a drasha by Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira on the counting of the Omer. Rabbi Shapira is revered as…
