period of the counting of the Omer is one of the more difficult sections of time to understand on the Jewish calendar. Let’s examine what it says about this time period in the Torah and see what we can unveil. “And G-d said to Moshe, speak to the children of Israel and say to them [...]
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In the Sefer Yereim from Rebbe Eliezer Mi’mitz on the mitzvah of “V’ahavtah L’reyacha Kamocha” there is an amazing insight into the enormously important mitzvah of loving one another. He writes as follows: “’And you shall love your neighbor as you love yourself for I am Hashem’. The mitzvah is to be aware of and do [...]
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As we cross the midway point of Sefiras HaOmer we approach the milestone of the 33rd day — Lag Ba’Omer. What significance lies within this special day and what connection does it have to the days of Sefiras HaOmer? Lag Ba’omer marks both the day when the students of Rebbe Akivah stopped dying from plague and the [...]
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