Fires rage, sirens blare, a missile lands at the airport, it's all too much. I take deep breaths, six seconds in, six seconds ...

From the second day of Passover until Shavuot, Jews count seven weeks to commemorate the period between the Exodus from Egypt and the Revelation at Sinai. This process, sefirat ha’omer (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 ...

Through the counting of the Omer, Rav Kook explains, we don’t so much transition from the animal barley to the human bread; rather, we unite these elements in ourselves. We connect Pesach with Shavu ...

In celebration of Lag b’Omer, Gross Schechter Day School in Pepper Pike will host its fourth annual Ignite the Night on May ...

For the first time, we are hearing directly from one of the exceptional education teachers who is losing their job under ...

On the surface, a hip-hop musical about an American Founding Father might seem worlds away from the Counting of the Omer ...

Moreover, in Leviticus 23:15 (the source for the commandment to count the Omer), the first day of Passover is called Shabbat. On the first day of Passover, our sages tell us, a great abundance of ...