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Apr 20, 2023
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...
Apr 19, 2023
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 ...
Apr 18, 2023
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...
Apr 16, 2023
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,...
Apr 15, 2023
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...
Apr 15, 2023
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,...
Apr 14, 2023
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...
Apr 13, 2023
Omer - the eighth day
The period between Pesach and Shavuot is known as the Omer. In ancient times, an omer, a measure of flour, was offered on each of these...
Apr 12, 2023
Omer - the seventh day
Between Pesach and Shavuot we count. Every evening we tick off the day that has just passed, and we label it – adding up the weeks and...
Apr 11, 2023
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...
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