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Sefirat HaOmer
Rav Dovid gives a daily halacha at the Wall Street Synagogue in Lower Manhattan. This series covers Sefirat HaOmer.
A special message from Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Executive Director of Pidyon.
20 Tevet 5771 | 27 Dec 2010 | Duration: 1:39
A special situation: when Rosh Chodesh Iyar falls on Shabbos, some poskim allow a haircut in honor of the combined Rosh Chodesh Shabbat.
28 Nissan 5769 | 22 Apr 2009 | Duration: 3:12
OC 493:2; MB 493:5
A look at the omer as brought at the Beis HaMikdash.
26 Nissan 5769 | 20 Apr 2009 | Duration: 10:54
Menachot 10
A look at the omer offering as brought at the Beis HaMikdash.
23 Nissan 5769 | 17 Apr 2009 | Duration: 15:42
Menachot 10
If Lag B'Omer falls on Sunday, there are some leniencies available for Ashkenazim with regard to haircuts on Erev Shabbos.
12 Iyar 5767 | 30 Apr 2007 | Duration: 9:14
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.
Overview and summary of the various halachot regarding Sefirat HaOmer.
28 Nissan 5767 | 16 Apr 2007 | Duration: 14:13
The 14th of Iyar is Pesach Sheini, the "Second Passover." What is this minor holiday about?
14 Iyar 5766 | 12 May 2006 | Duration: 12:55
Num 9:1-14
Sefirat HaOmer has become a period when we work on improving ourselves in preparation for receiving the Torah on Shavuot.
6 Iyar 5766 | 4 May 2006 | Duration: 11:47
OC 493:4; MB 493:18-19; Shaar HaTziun 493:16
Why is the Omer period a time of semi-mourning? Rabbi Akiva's 12,000 pairs of students.
5 Iyar 5766 | 3 May 2006 | Duration: 14:41
Yev. 62b; OC 493:1-3; MB 493:2-4,7-8,14-15; Beur Halacha d.h. "Yeish Nohagim"
What if you forget to count? What if you aren't sure? Also: the din of chadash.
4 Iyar 5766 | 2 May 2006 | Duration: 13:44
OC 489:7-10; MB 489:35-38,44-45
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?
28 Nissan 5766 | 26 Apr 2006 | Duration: 13:28
OC 489:3-6; MB 489:17,29,32; Beur Halacha d.h. "Mib'od yom"; Shaar HaTziun 489:37
What if you count days but not weeks or vice versa? What if you count before dark?
27 Nissan 5766 | 25 Apr 2006 | Duration: 13:08
OC 489:1-2; MB 489:7-9,11,14-15
Why do we count the Omer? Is it d'oraita or d'rabbanan?
26 Nissan 5766 | 24 Apr 2006 | Duration: 13:08
Lev. 23:9-21; Deut. 16:9-10; OC 489:1; Beur Halacha d.h. "Lispor HaOmer"; MB 489:5,6; Shaar HaTziun 489:7
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