Tag archive for ‘counting the Omer’

  • Long As God Can Grow It

    4/28/13 • (0)

    Is that a mop on your head or are you just counting the Omer? Or how I ended up observing the Omer in spite of myself.

  • Omer Is My Siddur? (Alone on a Shelf)

    4/05/13 • (2)

    Using Judaism’s traditional seven-week period of mourning as inspiration to return to a ‘three-a-day the Jewish way’ prayer practice.

  • Oh Where, Omer, Has My Shaven Face Gone?

    4/26/12 • (4)

    The Omer countdown from Pesach to Shavuot anticipates the celebration of receiving the Torah at Sinai and honors unhappier moments in Jewish history. Last year I ignored it. This year, I threw out my razor.