We have been on a journey from Easter to Pentecost, counting items along the way. In the days between the Jewish feasts of ...

In a world that regularly encourages us to move quickly and react automatically, there is immense value in slowing down long ...

This past week, we suggested that you count the number of people who have contributed to your spiritual journey. Were you ...

(JTA) — There are 49 days between the second night of Passover and the holiday of Shavuot, but who’s counting? Jews the world over, in fact, and in languages familiar and obscure. The daily counting ...

It feels like we’ve been counting the Omer for around seven months now. Though the formal Jewish ritual of rattling off seven weeks began the second night of Passover, ever since Oct. 7, the somber ...

Synopsis: Last week we discussed the mitzvah of Sefirat HaOmer, citing its source in Parashat Emor (Leviticus 23:15) that we count 50 days and seven weeks from the 16 th of Nissan, when the Omer of ...

In Yerushalaim, one finds people learning Torah at any hour and in any place. One can listen to high-level shiurim all day ...

This issue of the Jewish Exponent came out on the 33rd day of the Omer, which is four weeks and five days of the Omer. Of course, these days, there’s an app to tell you that. Or, if you’re Rabbi Abi ...

(JNS) Tobi Kahn grasps an asymmetric block of wood in both hands. He turns the piece, a fluid combination of angles and curves painted a rich metallic pewter, to reveal the base: a perfect rectangle, ...