EPISODE · May 4, 2026 · 6 MIN
R. Elazar Symon on the Omer: Counting Old and New
from Ta Shma · host Hadar Institute
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.
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