by Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | Aug 14, 2019
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman Former Rosh Kollel in Kansas City (1998-00) Currently Head of English Dept in Machon Puah ספירת העומר – משעורים לחיטה
by Rabbi Herzl Hefter | Apr 29, 2018
Rav Herzl Hefter Former Rosh Kollel in Cleveland Currently Head of HarEl Beit Midrash Program ספירת העומר
by Rabbi Shai Finkelstein | Apr 27, 2017
Former Rosh Kollel in Memphis (2000-2005) Currently Rabbi of the Baron Hirsch Congregation Rabbi of Nitzanim Source Sheets Shaving During the Omer – audio class
by Rabbi Gideon Weitzman | May 19, 2016
Rabbi Gideon Weitzman Former Rosh Kollel in Kansas City (1999-2000) Head of the English Speaking Section of the “Puah” Institute Source Sheets From Barley to Wheat – audio...
by Guy Raviv | Jan 13, 2015
The Sefira (Counting of the Omer) expresses a process that transitions from the (Omer sacrifice) to the Shtei HaLachem(the Two Showbreads). Its essence can be understood in the context of the debate with the Baytussim (heretic sect of the time of the Second Beit...
by Rabbi Baruch Plaskow | Dec 24, 2014
Sefirat HaOmer – Counting Days The commandment to count the omer is one of the more questionable commandments of the Torah. We are told to count the 49 days between Pesach and Shavuot. Therefore, it is very much a mitzvah in which the process is in and of itself...
by Salom Spiro | Dec 24, 2014
Having established that we conduct ourselves with concern for the Behag’s view by refraining from making a bracha on the Omer count if one missed so much as a day (see Daf Parsha Kedoshim), we now turn our attention to the nebulous question of a minor who...
by Yosef Faust | Dec 24, 2014
In last weeks Parsha we read the Mitzvah of bringing the sacrifice of the Omer on the second day of Pesach and also the Mitzva of Sefira, of counting the days from that day till Shavuoth. Rambam (Maimonides) holds that these are two separate mitzvoth, in fact, he...
by Naftali Goldberg | Dec 24, 2014
What happens if one misses a day? It is generally well known, that if one missed an entire day (the night and the subsequent day), the Shulchan Arukh states that one cannot continue to count with a berakhah. This ruling is based on the Ba’al Halakhot Gedolot, who...
by Eliad Avruch | May 9, 2009
Eliad Avruch Former Shlaiach in Atlanta For most Jewish communities, Lag BaOmer, which falls on this coming Tuesday, marks the end of the Sefirat HaOmer mourning practices. The Gemara (BT Yevamot 62b) famously explains the reason behind these customs: “R’ Akiva...