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49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot

5 Sivan 5773 | May 14, 2013
49th Day of the Omer
This is the Last Day of The Counting of the Omer

49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot

4 Sivan 5773 | May 13, 2013
48th Day of the Omer

Someday, somewhere - anywhere, unfailingly, you'll find yourself, and that, and only that, can be the happiest or bitterest hour of your life.  

Pablo Neruda

Baruch Ata Adonai Elo-hei-nu me-lech ha-olam a-sher ke-d-sha-nu b- mitz-vo-tav, v-tzi-va-nu al s-fi-rat ha-omer.

49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot

3 Sivan 5773 | May 12, 2013
47th Day of the Omer

 As I write this, I am sitting on my Jerusalem balcony, looking through a tracery of pine trees at the view along Rehov Ruppin.  I can see the Knesset, the Israel Museum, and the Shrine of the Book - that architectural marvel resembling a woman's tilted breast, that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls.

49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot

2 Sivan 5773 | May 11, 2013
46th Day of the Omer

Guide me, Holy One, on this final journey,
Your hand pointing the way,
Your loving eye upon my face
As I seek my new dwelling.

Surround me with Your kindness,
Embrace me with tranquility;
Soothe my fears with the surety of Your care,
Even as I release my tears to Your custody.

49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot

1 Sivan 5773 | May 10, 2013
Rosh Hodesh Sivan
45th Day of the Omer