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Category: What is the Omer
The 49-Day Omer Challenge
Exploring the mitzvah of counting the omer as a practice of (good) habit formation-- a 49 day omer challenge.
Emily Jaeger
April 11, 2023
Holidays
Omer Intentions
Lag Ba-omer and Pesah Sheini
Lag Ba-Omer, the 33rd day of the omer, and Pesah Sheini, are two commemorative moments during the Counting of the Omer.
The Observant Life (Book)
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Rabbi Alan Lucas
May 13, 2022
The Omer
What is the Omer
What is Counting the Omer
Counting the omer reflects the agricultural dimension of Passover and Shavuot and this is how we observe sefirat haomer today.
Rabbi Alan Lucas
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The Observant Life (Book)
April 13, 2022
How to Count the Omer
The Omer