KabbalaOnline.org Emor 5783 Chasidic Masters Insights on the Torah Reading
KabbalaOnline.org Emor 5783 Chasidic Masters Insights on the Torah Reading Wings of Flight By Binyomin Adilman, based on Chiddushei HaRim The commandment of the Counting of the Omer ( Lev. 23:15 -16) is named after the omer , a unit of measurement for grain (a capacity of 5.2 American pints or 2.5 liters). It is this period of intense self-reflection. Why is it called after the Omer , and what is its connection to this Biblical measurement? Pesach was a time of an incredible " Itaruta d'leila ", an undeserved outpouring of kindness and beneficence from G‑d. The Jews had descended to the 49th level of impurity and had almost no merits with which to beseech G‑d for salvation. Nevertheless, G‑d initiated a great deliverance for the Jewish People. The period of the Omer (which begins the day after the first Seder ) began with this tremendous flow of chesed ...