Omer reflections | eupj-ra 4/5

Day Seventeen of the Omer

As we count each evening from Pesach to Shavuot – forty-nine days or a week of weeks (hence the name Shavuot or Weeks) – we say a...

Day 16 of the Omer

For Rosh Hodesh Iyar (Friday, April 21, 2023) Traditionally the Omer period has been perceived as a time of mourning, interrupted only by...

Day fifteen of the Omer

“Temper your justice with kindness” (love). Truth is the foundation of all things. However sometimes silence is the only path though the...

Day fourteen of the Omer

Perhaps it is a cliché, but Pesach is our festival of freedom. Freedom from slavery, freedom to practice the rites and rituals of the ...

Day Thirteen of the Omer: Yom HaShoah

The Seder Evening sinks slowly into the background and with it the phrase ''Pharaoh tried only to kill all the male children, but Laban...

Day eleven of the Omer

“Are we there yet?!” Every summer my family would pack up our car and drive to summer camp, a Jewish camp set beside the beach in Malibu,...

Day 12 of the Omer

One aspect of the Omer that we can easily overlook is that by requiring us to count and number every day, it reminds us of the objective...

Day 10 of the Omer

The daily Omer of barley between Pesach and Shavuot was just one specific offering among the many sacrifices of animals, grains, fruits,...

Shemini - the ninth day of the Omer

Drasha Shemini Le livre du lévitique contient seulement deux récits, au milieu d’une mer de préceptes sacerdotaux. Le premier récit se...

Omer - Day Six

Discounting the Omer I don’t count the Omer. It is an irrelevant Mitzvah for me. It is not the only mitzvah that I do not keep. There...