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(Forgetting to) Count the Omer
By Rabbi Navah Levine Rabbi-Educator, Temple Emeth At this time of year, Jews around the world are Counting the Omer, counting the days between Passover...
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What is counting the omer? How can I participate?
I've been hearing a lot about "counting the omer" lately. What does this mean and how can I participate? “Counting the omer (Sefirat haOmer)” is...
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Guest Blog: Getzel Davis on Fermenting the Omer
The Omer is the 49 days between the holidays of Passover and Shavuot... Today these are a time for self reflection, working on improving personality...
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20s & 30s
Racism and the Quest for a Kosher Ketubah
We were told that we needed to have at least two witnesses.Perfect, we'd have our siblings sign!We were told they couldn't be related to us.Huh....
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Day 3 of the Omer
By Rabbi Katy Z. Allen On day 3 of the Omer, we consider the Divine Attributes of Tiferet in Chesed. Tiferet is Harmony or Compassion. When we see...
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The Ten Commandments and Shavuot: An Introductory Post by Rabbi Todd Markley
The image to the left is one of artist Keith Haring's version of the 10 Commandments. Comment with a link to your images of one...
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Counting the days... Counting the books...
This traditionally Jewish time of counting the days between Passover and Shavuot has got me thinking about counting all sorts of things. As the PJ Library...
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Kids & Parenting
Mayor of Omer visits JNF Board with Israeli Delegation
The Mayor of the Israeli town of Omer, along with leading architects, city planners and landscape architects from the Be’er Sheva River Project, recently...
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