Posts Tagged: 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...
Change the Omer?
Pesach is over and normal services have resumed. But what is “normal”? We are now in a period called “the Omer.” It is a time of...
The Trepidation of the World
We count 50 days between Passover and Shavuot, officially called the Omer. Traditionally this is regarded as a time of mourning because of...
49 Days of the Omer: Live on the Huffington Post
The Huffington Post will live blog all 49 days between Passover and the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, known as the Omer. The site's religion page, run...
