After the Temple was destroyed in 70 CE, the physical offering ceased, but the practice of counting continued as a verbal and ...

It feels like we’ve been counting the Omer for around seven months now. Though the formal Jewish ritual of rattling off seven weeks began the second night of Passover, ever since Oct. 7, the somber ...

(JTA) — There are 49 days between the second night of Passover and the holiday of Shavuot, but who’s counting? Jews the world over, in fact, and in languages familiar and obscure. The daily counting ...

“Climbing Mt. Sinai – Counting the Omer,” created by Rabbi Gila Ruskin, is a mosaic Omer counter. | Courtesy of Gila Ruskin In 2000, Brandeis University health policy researcher Brian Rosman created ...

(JNS) Tobi Kahn grasps an asymmetric block of wood in both hands. He turns the piece, a fluid combination of angles and curves painted a rich metallic pewter, to reveal the base: a perfect rectangle, ...

As I write this article, it is still Passover. I am enjoying my leftovers from my massive Passover cooking spree, and I expect still to have leftovers after the end of the holiday. It was so wonderful ...

The Torah reading for the Second Day of Pesah, which details the mitzvot of the Omer, offers a compelling opportunity to ...

The answer can be found in Parashat Mishpatim, which relates the events of the reading from the ספר הברית : ‘the Book of the ...

Synopsis: Last week we discussed the concept of the requirement to recite blessings, starting with the Biblical commandment to give thanks for the food that we have eaten and the land G-d has bestowed ...

Last month we looked at Pesach Sheni or Second Passover. Staying with that time period following Passover, I want to look quickly at the time from Passover to the next big holiday. Starting the second ...