Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 46 days, which is 6 weeks and 4 days of the Omer
How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.
From Our Community:
Contributed by: Anonymous. Ariel by Dean Friedman.
One of my favorite artists. Takes me right back to the early eighties.
Editor’s Note: Dean has a musical omer connection:
“” “I always valued my Jewish heritage and culture,” Dean said. “Inexplicably, for reasons I don’t understand, my mom sent me to a yeshiva in Patterson, New Jersey for fifth and sixth grade, and then the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore for ninth and 10th grade. I was a fish out of water, since my family wasn’t Shomer Shabbat and we didn’t keep kosher.”
He continued, “Compared to the really frum kids, I was a rebel.”
This led to some problems.
“I got kicked out of yeshiva on several occasions,” he said.
Once, Dean, who was influenced by Joni Mitchell and Paul Simon, got caught playing his guitar in the bathroom during the omer, when it was prohibited to play or listen to music. Another time, he broke into the gymnasium in the middle of the night to play the piano. He also hilariously got caught with some treyf contraband. “”
Read the full article at: https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/359101/catching-up-with-dean-friedman/ Learn More.
