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Omer Learning: Day 45

June 6, 2024 /

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.

From Our Community:

I have a small moment of awe when I see someone exhibit mastery over whatever job it is they are doing. It could be a surgeon, but it could also be a waiter, a janitor, a cashier, anyone — you know it when you see it and it makes you pause and ask, how could someone be that good at something?

Some of this spirit is captured in Jimmy Buffett’s song, It’s My Job.


–Howard Shatz

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Omer Learning: Day 44

June 5, 2024 /

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

Today is 44 days, which is 6 weeks and 2 days of the Omer

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

From Our Community:

I am living in this house, in this neighborhood for almost 26 years, and today I took a walk and discovered a place I had never seen before. I found myself on a trail by the creek, with much birdsong, different plants, trees and wild flowers. In the midst of a usually noisy, traffic filled city, I experienced serenity and the joy of natural beauty. My soul is revived.

–Sylvia G.

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Omer Learning: Day 43

June 4, 2024 /

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

Today is 43 days, which is 6 weeks and 1 day of the Omer

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

From Our Community:

One thing that can inspire hope (and provide a smile) is watching some of our youngest members participate in services. While preschoolers may not have learned enough of the prayers to lead them, they are always eager to participate in the “Torah Parade,” marching proudly with their stuffed (or miniature) Torahs, delighting in the ritual. If there’s a Torah service, they are part of it, whether on an otherwise sparsely attended Thursday morning minyan, or a full Shabbat congregation for a rabbinic installation.
–Sharon Beth

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Omer Learning: Day 42

June 3, 2024 /

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

Today is 42 days, which is 6 weeks of the Omer

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

From Our Community:

The Tower of Babel story in Genesis relates how Ha’Shem confounds the people’s speech and scatters them so they can’t come together for an undesired purpose. As we travel and find beautiful natural sights that take your breath away, including those designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I have to wonder if this is the way Ha’Shem has chosen to correct an earlier miscalculation and bring people from different parts or the world back together.
–Bruce G.

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Omer Learning: Day 41

June 2, 2024 /

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

Today is 41 days, which is 5 weeks and 6 days of the Omer

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

From Our Community:

When my niece was unexpectedly diagnosed with stage 3 cancer we were all terrified and feared the worst. But a couple of weeks ago, we got word that she has responded amazingly well to treatment. Hashem was there in that moment.

G-d wasn’t just in the miraculous outcome, but also in the spirit of the countless doctors and scientists who made this possible.

The future is unknown, but we’ve been blessed with hope and possibility.
–Sheri S.

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Omer Learning: Day 39

May 31, 2024 /

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

Today is 39 days, which is 5 weeks and 4 days of the Omer

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

From Our Community:

The Tower of Babel story in Genesis relates how Ha’Shem confounds the people’s speech and scatters them so they can’t come together for an undesired purpose. As we travel and find beautiful natural sights that take your breath away, including those designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, I have to wonder if this is the way Ha’Shem has chosen to correct an earlier miscalculation and bring people from different parts or the world back together.
–Bruce G.

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Omer Learning: Day 38

May 30, 2024 /

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

Today is 38 days, which is 5 weeks and 3 days of the Omer

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

From Our Community:

I subscribe to three weekly newsletters that provide a bit of hope each week, by covering what is positive news. They vary in terms of how good each is each week, but between the three, there are always several stories that make me smile.

• CNN’s “”The Good Stuff”” – https://www.cnn.com/newsletters/the-good-stuff

• The Washington Post’s “”The Optimist”” – https://www.washingtonpost.com/newsletters/the-optimist/

• The Week’s “”Good News (It Wasn’t All Bad)”” – archives here – https://theweek.com/tag/it-wasnt-all-bad; sign up here (scroll down to free newsletters) https://theweek.com/newsletters

–Sharon Beth

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Omer Learning: Day 37

May 29, 2024 /

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

Today is 37 days, which is 5 weeks and 2 days of the Omer

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

From Our Community:

I am very lucky to have a husband who is a lifelong solar system nerd. His childhood dream was to witness a total solar eclipse. So in 2017 we packed up the kids and headed to SC to see it. And now I am an eclipse chaser, too 🙂 A few weeks ago we drove to the tiny town of New Paris, OH to see the eclipse in totality again. We met up with some old friends who have been though unthinkable tragedy in the last few years. I was so excited for them to witness this celestial spectacle. We were super lucky with clear skies on April 8, and the sun and moon did not disappoint! The world seemed to get quiet, the sky tuned an indescribable shade before going dark, it got so cool I wanted to run for my jacket but was afraid to miss something. In a world of such heartbreak and despair, it was so hopeful to a have 3 minutes where many of us from all over the world could witness a natural event together. In those very mindful moments there is no war, no fear, no terror – only light and dark and awe. Totally worth the 10 hour drive straight home to Arlington, and we can’t wait for the next one.


–Paula Levin-Alcorn

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

Omer Learning: Day 36

May 28, 2024 /

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

Today is 36 days, which is 5 weeks and 1 day of the Omer

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

From Our Community:

“”There are no words; or rather, the words go in circles. The holy is a quality sui generies [unique to itself]. One knows it, intuitively, as one knows beauty. It is irreducible. It can only be described by synonyms or by the traces it leaves. The holy is ineffable, yet it is identifiable. One can point to it and say, “”this is holy,”” without being able to say what, or how, or why. One can identify the holy without being able to describe it, except by the word holy, and its synonyms.

The circle of the holy superimposes itself on other circles as one tries to grasp the holy and to live within it. As one integrates the holy into life, one needs other words. One reaches outward: King, Lord, Name, justice, beauty, purity, Shabbat, Israel, You. One probes inward: awe, wonder, radical amazement, sublime, love, joy, bliss, bless, worship. One gropes for forms: holy day, temple, mitsva, liturgy, charity, study, Torah, acts of kindness, martyrdom. The failure of language is transformed into a rich vocabulary of response, always haunted by its own muteness. Silence overflows into words, an echo of an unfathomable depth.””

This quote is from Facing the Abusing God: A Theology of Protest, by Rabbi David R. Blumenthal, in his chapter on holiness.
–Rav Amelia

We’re still accepting submission to this year’s Omer Learning project. Share your own story of hope or feeling G-d’s presence here. We look forward to sharing your insights with community!

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