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Counting the Omer in the Digital Age
ByRabbi Jason Miller April 20, 2012April 5, 2015

Today is the 13th day of the Omer, the period of forty-nine days between the Jewish holidays of Passover and Shavuot. The Jewish people are commanded to count these forty-nine days which commemorate the day on which an omer (unit of measurement) of barley was offered in the Temple until the day before an offering of…

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Do-overs and Learning From Mistakes
ByRabbi Jason Miller April 12, 2012April 5, 2015

This is my contribution to the HuffPost Religion’s Omer Liveblog, which features blogs, prayers, art and reflections for all 49 days of spiritual reflection between Passover and Shavuot: “The broken tablets were put with the new ones into the Ark.” –Talmud, Menachot 99a What can we learn from the fact that Moses put the broken…

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