Are you counting?

April 29, 2010 at 1:27 pm · Filed under Commandments/Mitzvot, Holidays/Moedim, Instruction/Torah, Lifestyle/Halachah, Tuesday Night Study and tagged: counting the omer, Emor, Men of Torah, moedim, Shavuot

by torahgirl

This week’s Torah portion, Emor, contains the famous “holiday” chapter, also known as HaShem’s calendar or the moedim (appointed times) – Leviticus 23. In our study on Tuesday night, we easily identified where we are on the calendar:

From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks. Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD. -Leviticus 23.15-16

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