Toward Sinai: Omer poems

by Rachel Barenblat

Book Overview

The Omer is the period of 49 days between Pesach (Passover) and Shavuot. Through counting the Omer, we link liberation with revelation. Once we counted the days between the Pesach barley offering and the Shavuot wheat offering at the Temple in Jerusalem. Now as we count the days we prepare an internal harvest of reflection, discernment, and readiness. Kabbalistic (mystical) and Mussar (personal refinement) traditions offer lenses through which we...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1508715157
• ISBN13: 9781508715153
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"