Monthly Archives: May 2013

42…43…44…

There is a Jewish custom of counting the days between Passover (Pesach) and Pentecost (Shavuot). It is derived from the text of Leviticus 23:15-16 and is called the counting of the omer.  We are in that period now.  Lag B’Omer, that we discussed last week, is day 33 of the 49 days counted in anticipation…
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