She is there in the Omer, the sheaf of barley offered on the second day of the Passover. |
Ruchama Rivka was always very excited when it came time for the mitzvah of counting the Omer. |
This month falls in the Omer, and the first of Iyyar was the 16th day of Omer. |
One who does not understand Hebrew and counts the Omer in Hebrew has not fulfilled his obligation to count the Omer according to the Mishna Brura. |
The people will end up eating from the new grain at dawn when in fact they are required to wait until the Omer sacrifice is offered. |
But when she got to the last day before Shavuot and was able to say the blessing on the final day of the Omer, her face was shining! |