Counting The Omer

Carly (Ketzirah) on April 19th, 2011

Last year I created a guide to help people explore the practice of Counting the Omer.  We begin counting the Omer tonight, 4/19/2011, after sundown.  Here is a handy index to that guide.  I hope if you engage in the practice this year, you’ll share your experiences with me and the community by posting comments! [...]

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Carly (Ketzirah) on April 1st, 2011

Here’s a handy reference list to all the Pesach resources I’ve written over the years.  I figure this will be a good way to organize all of it and I can just update this as I add more! Passover resources on Peelapom.com: Peeling a Pomegranate Haggadah Menus and Seder Planning Food Blessing Tiramatzah! A More [...]

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Carly (Ketzirah) on May 10th, 2010

For a primer on the Omer see “Week One: Chesed.” For the schedule of the Omer, see Chabad’s Omer Calendar. The seventh and final week of the Omer focuses on Malchuth. This sephira is usually interpreted as Sovereignty, Majesty, and Kingdom.  So that means we’re almost finished with our long journey from Chesed (Loving Kindness) [...]

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