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Today is day 23 of the Omer

Sefiras HaOmer - The Counting of The Omer starts on the second night of Pesach. It continues for seven weeks, or forty-nine days. The fiftieth day is Shavuos. Access our Sefira Counting Page to learn more about counting the Omer or to subscribe to our Sefira Counting Reminder mailing list.

View the Jewish calendar for this year: 5768


Lag B'Omer - The thirty-third day of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th of Iyar, is a day of celebration for the whole nation of Israel. According to tradition, the students of the great sage Rabbi Akiva, who had been dying in great numbers, stopped dying on this day.



Divrei Torah On Sefiras HaOmer, Pesach Sheni and Lag B'Omer

Additional Classes on Sefiras HaOmer from Torah.org


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ARTICLES ON BEHAR AND THE OMER:

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The Linkage Between Truth and the Exodus
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The Students of Rabbi Akiva
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The Sanctity Connection
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What We All Really Want!
Rabbi Label Lam - 5762

How do YOU Spell Relief: B-R-I-S-A-V-O-S
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... But We're Afraid To Ask
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5756

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What's an Omer?
Rabbi Yehudah Prero - 5755

Make Peace and Greet Moshiach
Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5756

Ever Think of Farming?
Rabbi Aron Tendler - 5759

Win Free Laptops this Lag Ba

You Better Believe!
Rabbi Eliyahu Hoffmann - 5760

Aspiring to Be Not Normal
Rabbi Yissocher Frand - 5762

The Gift of the Land of Israel
Rabbi Yosef Kalatzky - 5765

The Everything Torah Book

No One to Hide From
Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky - 5758

Whose Land Is It Anyway?
Shlomo Katz - 5763

Freedom, Jubilee and You
Rabbi Yisroel Ciner - 5765

Charity and Empathy
Rabbi Chaim Flom - 5767


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