Rabbi Karlinsky – Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai: His Role on Lag B’Omer
Shapell’s Darche Noam · Rabbi Karlinsky – Rebbe Shimon Bar Yochai: His Role on Lag B’Omer What did Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai learn during his 13th year in the cave, and how does that connect with the 33rd day of the Omer, Pesach Sheni, Rabbi Akiva’s students, and the barley Omer sacrifice? Download Sponsor a […]
Hilchot Sefirat Haomer – National Mourning #2
Shapell’s Darche Noam · Hilchot Sefirat Haomer – National Mourning #2 Rabbi Silverberg continues to discuss the period of national mourning that is observed during this time and the accompanying halachot and minhagim. Download Sponsor a Shiur Select your Currency: $ USD ₪ ILS £ GBP If you are donating from Canada, click here. If […]
Hilchot Sefirat Haomer – National Mourning
Shapell’s Darche Noam · Hilchot Sefirat Haomer – National Mourning Today, Rabbi Silverberg returns to Sefirat Haomer to discuss the period of national mourning that is observed during this time and the accompanying halachot. Download Sponsor a Shiur Select your Currency: $ USD ₪ ILS £ GBP If you are donating from Canada, click here. […]
Hilchot Sefirat Haomer #3
Shapell’s Darche Noam · Hilchot Sefirat Haomer #3 Rabbi Silverberg continues his discussion of the halachot related to Sefirat HaOmer in this halacha shiur. Download Sponsor a Shiur Select your Currency: $ USD ₪ ILS £ GBP If you are donating from Canada, click here. If you are donating from Australia, France and The EU, […]
Hilchot Sefirat Haomer #2
Shapell’s Darche Noam · Hilchot Sefirat Haomer #2 Rabbi Silverberg continues his discussion of the halachot related to Sefirat HaOmer in today’s halacha shiur. Download Sponsor a Shiur Select your Currency: $ USD ₪ ILS £ GBP If you are donating from Canada, click here. If you are donating from Australia, France and The EU, […]
Hilchot Sefirat Haomer #1
Shapell’s Darche Noam · Hilchot Sefirat Haomer #1 Download Sponsor a Shiur Select your Currency: $ USD ₪ ILS £ GBP If you are donating from Canada, click here. If you are donating from Australia, France and The EU, click hereOtherwise pick your currency and your contribution will be tax deductable.
Changing Character
Sefirat Haomer and Building Character How can we become better people? The period of Sefirat Haomer (and the beginning of Elul until Yom Kippur) has traditionally been a time for focusing on improving character. Much of the ethical literature speaks of what kind of people we should become, or what we should do, but focuses […]
From Matza to Chametz
Sefirat Haomer: From Matza to Chametz! Around Pesach time one usually hears a number of anti-chametz drashas. These are based on an image already found in Chazal; the yeitzer hara, the evil inclination, is likened to chametz, “the leaven in the dough.” It is usually pointed out that chametz causes a puffing up of the […]
Purification and Elevation
Based on the Nesivos Shalom on Sefirat Haomer (vol. 2, pp. 311-314) Sefirat Haomer’s place in the Jewish calendar is not accidental. It is sandwiched between Pesach and Shavuot, and each of the holidays leaves its imprint on the forty-nine day period, revealing its dual nature. Sefirat Haomer is both 1. a continuation of the […]
Redirection and Sanctification
Sefirat Haomer and Changing Character During the Omer, the 49 day period between Pesach and Shavuot, Jews have traditionally focused on character development. Our middot shiurim will share this focus during these weeks approaching Shavuot. Redirection and Sanctification The “Omer” itself was a barley sacrifice offered on the morning of the second day of Pesach. […]
