Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 7 days, which is 1 week of the Omer
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Omer Learning: Day 6
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 6 days of the Omer
How to: the blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.
From Our Community:
Contributed by: Omer Bot. If I were a Rich Man music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick.
“”Since its Broadway debut in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof has been a pillar of American Jewish culture and a worldwide phenomenon. When its original run ended in 1972, it became the longest running Broadway musical at the time with 3,242 performances. Since then, it has been revived numerous times and performed in 16 languages and 32 countries. Upon initial consideration, the enormous popularity of Fiddler on the Roof seems surprising due to its lack of obvious appeal beyond a Jewish audience. “”
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Omer Learning: Day 5
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.
From Our Community:
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!
Omer Learning: Day 4
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.
From Our Community:
Contributed by: Anonymous. L’chaim from Fiddler on the Roof by Topol.
Quintessential Jewish!
Omer Learning: Day 3
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 3 days of the Omer
Omer Learning: Day 2
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 2 days of the Omer
Omer Learning: Day 1
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 1 day of the Omer
Omer Learning: Day 49
Tonight, after sundown, we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 49 days, which is 7 weeks of the Omer
Omer Learning: Day 48
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.
From Our Community:
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.
Omer Learning: Day 47
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.
From Our Community:
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.
