ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Wednesday, 12 Iyar, 5783 May 3, 2023
ChaBaD Jewish Calendar Wednesday, 12 Iyar, 5783 May 3, 2023 Omer: Day 27 - Yesod sheb'Netzach Tonight Count 28 Jewish History Roman Jews Granted Privileges (1402) On the 12th of Iyar, 1402, the Jews of Rome were granted "privileges" by Pope Boniface IX. They were given legal right to observe their Shabbat , protection from local oppressive officials, their taxes were reduced and orders were given to treat Jews as full-fledged Roman citizens. Laws and Customs Count "Twenty-Eight Days to the Omer" Tonight Tomorrow is the twenty-eighth day of the Omer Count. Since, on the Jewish calendar, the day begins at nightfall of the previous evening, we count the omer for tomorrow's date tonight, after nightfall: " Today is twenty-eight days, which are four weeks, to the Omer ." (If you miss the count tonight, you can count the omer all day tomorrow, but without the preceding blessing). The 49-day "Counting of the Omer" retraces our ancestors'