Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 5 days of the Omer
How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.
Contributed by: Ben Simon. Shalom Aleichem by Joe Buchanan.
While searching for Jewish Country music, I came across this remarkable recording of a very country version of Shalom Aleichem.
Shabbas!
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 4 days of the Omer
How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.
Contributed by: Anonymous. L’chaim from Fiddler on the Roof by Topol.
Quintessential Jewish!
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 3 days of the Omer
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 2 days of the Omer
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 1 day of the Omer
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 49 days, which is 7 weeks of the Omer
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 48 days, which is 6 weeks and 6 days of the Omer
How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.
Contributed by: Eva Kleederman. Gott Fun Avrom by Unknown.
I first heard this sung by a young friend and found it very affecting…..a Havdalah prayer in Yiddish, rather than Hebrew!….a direct address to God, rather than praise for the Sabbath!
Havdalah is normally understood as highly symbolic i.e., sanctification of Shabbos by wine, sweetness of Shabbos by spices, the “gathering in” for Shabbos by twisted candle, and the separation of Shabbos from the mundane by lighting, then extinguishing the twisted candle.
What strikes me about Gott Fun Avrom is the immediacy of the prayer; it is not symbolic, it is literal….a plea to God for protection, luck, blessings, health, success … and sung in the Jews’ own vernacular. It dates back at least to the early 1700’s, in Ashkenazi Western Europe, and there are several versions. In traditional Yiddish-speaking households, it is the penultimate prayer of the Havdalah service.
The singer here learned the prayer from Sheva Zucker, a well-known Yiddishist.
Click the Learn More link to see a wonderful clip from the 1939 film of Shalom Alechem’s story “Tevye” (of Fiddler on the Roof fame). In it, the mother sings Gott fun Avrom at the end of Shabbos. Learn More.
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 47 days, which is 6 weeks and 5 days of the Omer
How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.
Contributed by: Ken Ackerman & Jay Cherlow. Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh by Allan Sherman.
Every Jewish kid of a certain age who went to summer camp will remember and identify with this song and say thanks!! Every Jewish kid under a certain age will have never heard of it. This is for all the baby boomers in the group.
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.
Contributed by: Deborah Meyers & Tod Cohen. B’yado by David Paskin .
I met David Paskin when we were both freshman at Brandeis long ago, and I have loved listening to the songs he writes, sings, and plays ever since.
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This one is helpful for falling asleep
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 45 days, which is 6 weeks and 3 days of the Omer
How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.
Contributed by: Anonymous. I gotta feeling by Black Eyed Peas.
A song written by a west coast hip-hop group, a Catholic pop star and a French DJ become a Jewish dance tune second in popularity only to the hora Learn More.
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