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Back to EpisodesR. Elazar Symon on the Omer: Counting Old and New
Published 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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According to a midrashic tradition, the counting of the Omer (that may have seemed to be nothing but a calendrical counting of the days from Pesah to Shavuot) expresses the anticipation of the Israelites for the giving of the Torah. The biblical commandment, however, appears in an agricultural context.