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A deep dive into the mystical roots of Sefirat HaOmer and the significance of counting the days between Pesach and Shavuot.
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The Torah commands us to count the days from Pesach to Shavuot, and that's called Sefirat HaOmer. The name's puzzling. The Omer was a one-time barley offering brought in the Temple on the second day of Pesach. Why define the entire period of counting by a one-time korban? Wouldn't it be more precise to call it the count to Shavuot or something like that? Sefirah commonly means counting, but it also means clarification or illumination. But what are we clarifying in the Omer? The gematria, the numerical equivalent
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