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 ...

Now, as an adult, I much prefer and, indeed, relish learning from Michael Jacobs’ and Eve Greenfield’s marvelous book Counting the Omer and Making the Omer Count!

Jerusalem Post Judaism Living in the present: Counting the Omer with meaning Albert Einstein wrote: 'There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is ...

Jerusalem Post Judaism Jewish Holidays Counting the Omer: A journey from Passover to Shavuot The pilgrimage festival of Shavuot at the conclusion of the Omer period was in thanksgiving for God’s ...

Omer calendar, 18th century, the Netherlands, ink and gouache on parchment. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum, New York, gift of Dr. Harry G. Friedman And they have inspired generations of Jewish artists.

Although the counting is usually recited in Hebrew, the Jewish Language Project’s Omer counter translates the formula into the vernacular, often a Judaized version of the local language.

As we are now in the time of counting the Omer, the significance of this particular period is explained in a letter by the Rebbe, reproduced in part below: ...

But another lesser-known practice continues out of Passover. It’s called Counting the Omer. And what was once an ancient harvest ritual has evolved into a very modern way for people of all ...

The counting of the Omer will continue until the holiday of Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks (Shavuot is Hebrew for “weeks”), which will begin at on Saturday, June 4 and run through Monday, June 6.

On the second night of Passover, we began counting the Omer, the 49-day period that’s connected to the harvest and to the holiday of Shavuot, when the Jews received the Torah at Mount Sinai.