Day: April 12, 2013

What Counts

Divrei Torah - the nation of Israel is commanded (Vayikra 23:15 -16), “And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the rest day, from the day when you bring the omer of the waving seven weeks, they shall be complete.

Between the first day of Pesach, commemorating the Israelites’ exodus from Egypt, and the following holiday of Shavuot, commemorating the Israelites’ receiving G-d’s Torah, is an interval of fifty days.  In the Torah received from G-d, the nation of Israel is commanded (Vayikra 23:15 -16), “And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the […]