Counting the Omer Is Deeper Than You Think - Rabbi Yoram Eliassi

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1. 0:00Sefirat Omer, counting the Omer. How does that work? What's the story behind it? In a…
2. 0:31We're elevating ourselves, right? To become a human being and receive the Torah at image of…
3. 1:31your mind if you were in this >> Because it's tradition. >> Tradition? Well, there's a…
4. 2:31Count for it. It's important. Right? People count their money. It's important to them, right? And…
5. 3:02in eternal. Ma'ot le'etzma. >> [clears throat] >> Le'etzma is a fixed amount of time you…
6. 4:02a million bucks for example for instance. And with this potential I can do this, right?…
7. 5:02when you multiply that thing with itself seven times seven is 49. We have 49 midot…
8. 5:33That's why Shavuot the 50th we don't count it. That's what unites everything. The 49 midot…
9. 6:35Consistently every time, every night, with zerizut, swiftness. No, it's too heavy for me. I'm like…
10. 7:35have 32 teeth teeth, we have 32 days we count. And that's 22 letters of the…

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