Category Archives: Shavuot

Sefirat Ha’Omer Calendar 2025

Posted on April 15, 2025 by Rabbi Leib Zalesch

I have never seen a Sefirat Ha’Omer counter that inserts the actual words of the nightly count into each day of a secular monthly calendar – so I made one myself! Enjoy. Happy counting!

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Sources and Notes: Yom Tov Sheini

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Rabbi Leib Zalesch

I gave a Shiur over Shavuot on Yom Tov Sheini as it relates to Sefirat Ha’Omer and Shavuot. Here are the sources. A few notes based on the sources: 1) Sources 18 and 19 provide a fascinating back-and-forth between the … Continue reading →

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Shavuot: Under the Mountain and Dreaming

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Rabbi Leib Zalesch

For Shavuot, I am posting something I wrote many years ago, apparently just before Shavuot 2003, and shared by email at that time to some family and friends. I was finishing my first year of YU at the time. Shavuos: Standing … Continue reading →

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