Tag: Counting of the Omer
Tzohar’s Rabbi David Stav Advocates Sefirah Weddings to Support Hall Owners
Rabbi Stav ruled this year that after Lag Ba'Omer, when some Jews continue to observe aspects of the mourning, weddings should be allowed to take place.
Beyond the Matrix – Whose Counting? [audio]
Making counting the counting of the Omer, easy.
Tens of Thousands Rejoice in Lag B’Omer Celebration at Rashbi’s Tomb on Mt. Meron...
Thousands upon thousands of Jews celebrated Lag B'Omer at the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai with song and dance and heartfelt prayer.
The Curious Customs of Lag B’Omer [photos]
The mysterious customs and origins of this mystical holiday.
From Rescue by Kindertransport to Fighting Nazis, and the Jewish-Israeli Holiday Relationship
Yishai is joined in-studio by Walter Bingham, 91 -- rescued from the Nazis as a Polish child on the Kindertransport and ended up fighting against them with the British -- shares his memories of Kristallnacht and of facing the German Foreign Minister who was first to hang at Nuremberg.
Then, VOI Knesset Insider Jeremy Saltan joins Yishai in-studio to discuss the relationship between the Jewish holidays established in the past and the new holidays born in the modern era of Jewish statehood. They point out that Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day, the Day of Remembrance for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism, Israel Independence Day and Jerusalem Day all are marked during the "counting of the Omer" -- the 50 days between Passover and Shavuot (Pentecost).
Egged Buses Reportedly Stop Counting the Omer
The U.S. concept of separation of church and state means separating Jews from Judaism in Israel.