Based on the majority opinion that Sefirat HaOmer today is of rabbinical origin, if one is not sure whether one counted the previous day, one may continue to count the following days with a blessing.

During the 49 days between Pesach and Shavuot, Jews around the world perform a mitzvah called Sefirat haOmer (the counting of, or more accurately, from the omer, meaning “sheaf”), the origins ...

They do not look at the table, but between the sofa cushions. Children do not focus on what their parents say to them in public, what they preach, but at what their parents truly care about ...

Common practice (Orach Chayyim 489) is that after the Maariv Amidah, the chazzan recites the blessing of Sefirat HaOmer and afterwards he counts, followed by the congregation blessing and counting.

Maybe this is the year to take up the practice of counting the Omer (sefirat ha-Omer) if it is new to you. For those who have been observing this mitzvah in the past, this year can offer a deeper ...

We are in the midst of Sefirat HaOmer. We spoke last week about the Biblical context of Sefirat HaOmer, but there is also a Rabbinic overlay: the mourning, because “לא נהגו כבוד זה ...

Like with all of the other commandments, Sefirat HaOmer is loaded with Kabbalistic significance. Without the Kabbalah, we would not know what we were doing when we wave the lulav or blow the ...