Month: May 2025

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 31 days, which is 4 weeks and 3 days of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Linda Sparke. Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim.

This is Judi Dench singing on the BBC Proms Learn More.

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 30 days, which is 4 weeks and 2 days of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Martha Shmokler. Papa, Can You Hear Me? by Barbra Streisand.

This one always makes me think of my Dad and cry.

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 29 days, which is 4 weeks and 1 day of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Michael Stein. Kol Nidre – A setting of Kol Nidre by the (non-Jewish) composer Max Bruch for solo cello and orchestra by Composer: Max Bruch Performer: Misha Meisky, Frankfurt Radio Symphony.

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 27 days, which is 3 weeks and 6 days of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Jeanne Briskin. U’vashofar Gadol by Beth Abraham Synagogue Youth Choir, Dayton Ohio.

Our synagogue , Beth Abraham, in Dayton Ohio had a youth choir led by Cantor Jerome Kopmar. It eventually got good enough to travel around the US and Israel. They recorded several albums, including one with Jan Peerce. Learn More.

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 26 days, which is 3 weeks and 5 days of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Russ Friedson. Dust in the Wind by Kansas.

“For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
— Genesis 3:19 Learn More.

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 25 days, which is 3 weeks and 4 days of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Laura Naide . Living on a Prayer by Bon Jovi. Keyboardist David Bryan is Jewish. Also this: https://forward.com/culture/361787/the-secret-jewish-history-of-bon-jovi/.

This iconic anthem is about hope, perseverance, and faith in uncertain times.

Omer tie-in: The Omer is a time of spiritual refinement in the wilderness—we’re halfway there in a journey toward revelation at Sinai. Lyric reflection: “Take my hand, we’ll make it, I swear.” Could also explore themes of bitachon (trust) and communal support in growth.

Editor’s note: per Laura’s genius suggestion, I’ve put this song at the Omer’s half-way point. Thanks Laura!

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 24 days, which is 3 weeks and 3 days of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Jeremy Bronheim. Latke Recipe (based on Shut Up and Dance) by The Maccabeats (via Walk the Moon).

The song that Latke Recipe is based on (Shut Up and Dance by Walk the Moon) is a terrific song that my wife and I love to swing dance to. Since The Maccabeats turned it into my absolute favorite song of theirs a couple of Chanukahs ago, I’ve had a hard time deciding which I like better, their parody or the original. Learn More.

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 23 days, which is 3 weeks and 2 days of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Sharon Beth. White Christmas by Irving Berlin by Bing Crosby.

With all of the overplaying of Christmas carols, now starting even before Thanksgiving, this one, written by Jewish Irving Baline, always makes me smile. It’s secular, and provides wonderfully tranquil winter vistas.

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:

Today is 22 days, which is 3 weeks and 1 day of the Omer

How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.

From Our Community:

Contributed by: Ken Ackerman. Bashana Haba’ah by Shir Soul.

This is my favorite spring audio clip.

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We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share a meaningful clip of Jewish Music with the community here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!