Counting The Omer: The Purpose of Time - Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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We count Sefirat Omer between the Yom Tov of Pesach and the Yom Tov of Shavuot. What exactly is the objective of counting? Why do we need to count? David Hamelech says in Tehillim in perek tzadi in tefilah l'Moshe limnois yamenu kein hoida venavi levav chachma limnois yamenu, to count our days, kein correctly, hoida teach us Hashem David Hamelech prays, Hashem teach us how to count our days venavi levav chachma and we we will bring to ourselves a heart of wisdom. The objective of counting is is to acquire a chachma, wisdom. Let's elucidate elucidate an incredible gematria of the Arizal. The Arizal teaches us that the word zaman, time which is gematria 97. Zaman is gematria 97. has the same numerical value as the following two words, beheima, 52

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1. 0:15We count Sefirat Omer between the Yom Tov of Pesach and the Yom Tov of Shavuot.…
2. 0:45teach us how to count our days venavi levav chachma and we we will bring to…
3. 1:17adam, 45 Rav Moshe Shapiro ztz'l explains the objective of counting the objective of counting our…
4. 1:50is a dichotomy. Adam connotes ki min ha'adama, we come from the ground, but it also…
5. 2:23the level of Behema. The carbon we bring on Pesach is carbon chittim from se'orim, from…
6. 2:53correctly. V'nani levav chachma, and we will acquire a heart of wisdom. Let us use the…

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