Counting the Omer links us to the words of the Psalms: “Number your days so that you may acquire a heart of wisdom.” The children in Jerusalem are already anticipating it. (photo credit ...

One of the sections is the Prayer for Counting the Omer and what to say on each day of the count. Carrying this small booklet around could serve as a helpful reminder to count the Omer if one is ...

In Jewish tradition, it is called Sefirat Ha’omer, the Counting of the Omer. Beginning with the second night of Passover, we want to remember each day a little bit more, so we give it an ...

Rabbi Simon Jacobson created a “Spiritual Guide to the Counting of the Omer.” He offers 49 steps “to personal refinement” as a means of readying ourselves for the receiving of Torah during ...

Starting the second night of the holiday of Passover we begin a practice known as counting the Omer. An Omer is a measure, something like a small basket, which was used to harvest barley as it ...

This process, sefirat ha’omer (the counting of the Omer), recalls the ancient practice of bringing a sheaf (omer) of the newly harvested barley crop (the first grain to ripen) as an offering to ...