Posts Tagged: Counting Omer
What Is an Omer?
The Biblical Omer refers to the sheaf of barley that was brought to the Temple, the day after Pesach, to mark the beginning of the...
In Israel, Lag B’Omer Inspires Memories and Mayhem
JNS.org - One of Pnina Newirth's earliest childhood memories is of a trip to Mount Meron on Lag B'Omer. But this was no ordinary...
Judaism Teaches Long-Term Thinking
In last week's parsha and this there are two quite similar commands, both of which have to do with counting time. Last week we read...
Lag B’Omer: Rethinking the Rabbi Akiva Narrative
As is the case for many holidays in the Jewish calendar cycle, Lag B'Omer (April 28 this year) carries within it not one, but multiple...
