Omer reflections | eupj-ra 4/5

Apr 23, 2023

Day Eighteen of the Omer

While waiting for an expected event, we sometimes would like time to fly faster, to disappear, to stop separating us from the day and...

Apr 22, 2023

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...

Apr 21, 2023

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...

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...