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Counting the OmerBuy "Sefirat HaOmer" on an mp3 CD! (All 9 classes for just $4.50+S&H!)Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series covers Sefirat HaOmer. |
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| 12 Iyar 5767 | listen |
Friday Haircuts when Lag B'Omer is on Sunday
(9:14)
If Lag B'Omer falls on Sunday, there are some leniencies available for Ashkenazim with regard to haircuts on Erev Shabbos.
Sources: OC 493:1-2; MB 493:5-6,8-9
In memory of Mendel Meyer ben Motel on the occasion of his Yahrzeit and for a refuah shleimah for Chaim Bear ben Perel Yitta.
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| 28 Nissan 5767 | listen |
Summary of the Halachot of Sefirat HaOmer
(14:13)
Overview and summary of the various halachot regarding Sefirat HaOmer.
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| 14 Iyar 5766 | listen |
Pesach Sheini
(12:55)
The 14th of Iyar is Pesach Sheini, the "Second Passover." What is this minor holiday about?
Sources: Num 9:1-14
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| 6 Iyar 5766 | listen |
Sefirat HaOmer and Self-Improvement
(11:47)
Sefirat HaOmer has become a period when we work on improving ourselves in preparation for receiving the Torah on Shavuot.
Sources: OC 493:4; MB 493:18-19; Shaar HaTziun 16
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| 5 Iyar 5766 | listen |
Mourning During Sefirat HaOmer
(14:41)
Why is the Omer period a time of semi-mourning? Rabbi Akiva's 12,000 pairs of students.
Sources: Yev. 62b; OC 493:1-3; MB 493:2-4,7-8,14-15; Beur Halacha d.h. "Yeish Nohagim"
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| 4 Iyar 5766 | listen |
Various Mistakes in Counting; The Din of Chadash
(13:44)
What if you forget to count? What if you aren't sure? Also: the din of chadash.
Sources: OC 489:7-10; MB 489:35-38,44-45
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| 28 Nissan 5766 | listen |
How early can you count Omer? Must you have kavanah?
(13:28)
Can you count after Shkiya? Plag HaMincha? What if you start the brocha thinking today is the 4th day but it is actually the 5th?
Sources: OC 489:3-6; MB 489:17,29,32; Beur Halacha d.h. "Mib'od yom"; Shaar HaTziun 37
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| 27 Nissan 5766 | listen |
How and when do we count Omer?
(13:08)
What if you count days but not weeks or vice versa? What if you count before dark?
Sources: OC 489:1-2; MB 489:7-9,11,14-15
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| 26 Nissan 5766 | listen |
Introduction to Sefirat HaOmer
(13:08)
Why do we count the Omer? Is it d'oraita or d'rabbanan?
Sources: Lev. 23:9-21; Deut. 16:9-10; OC 489:1; Beur Halacha d.h. "Lispor HaOmer"; MB 489:5,6; Shaar HaTziun 7
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