Emor - the omer

After making brief mention of the Shabbat, the Torah talks about the holiday of Passover and the mitzvah of eating matzah. On the second day of this holiday, an "omer" barley offering is brought in the Temple. This is followed by a seven-week counting period that culminates with the holiday of Shavuot. After discussing the Shavuot Temple service, the Torah briefly interrupts the holiday discussion to mention the obligation, when harvesting fields, to leave certain gifts for the poor.

 Wheat drawing

... and my daughters too did their wheat drawing, in brown and green.

CD case Omer counter

Meditative wheat drawing about counting the omer
Chose a simple drawing that is  related to the theme of Counting the Omer…wheat. Drawing a stalk of wheat is just a few basic shapes that don’t need to be perfect. 

Saw at CHAI AND HOME

 

parashah Emor

The second part of Emor lists the annual Callings of Holiness,the festivals of the Jewish calendar: the weekly Shabbat; the bringing of the Passover offering on 14 Nissan; the seven-day Passover festival beginning on 15 Nissan.
The bringing of the Omer offering from the first barley harvest on the second day of Passover, and the commencement, on that day, of the 49-day Counting of the Omer, culminating in the festival of Shavuot on the fiftieth day. 

Omer Counter

 

Counting the omer with a counter made of beads of wheat past. Beads are natural or painted with tempera, green and pink. Lag b'Omer is painted red.

Parashah Emor

Emor and the Jewish calendar

in parashah Emor we read about the special times of year on the Jewish calendar

First it discusses Shabbat. Next is Passover, in the Hebrew month of Nissan.

Next is the Counting of the Omer, which begins on Passover and counts down until Shavuot. The fiftieth day of the Omer is the festival of Shavuot.

Next comes Rosh Hashanah, the "head of the year" on the first day of Tishrei.

Ten days later is the Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur. Next is Sukkot.

We made a Jewish festivals wheel