The Count
Tonight we count the following day of the Omer:
Today is 19 days, which is 2 weeks and 5 days of the Omer
See: The blessings and procedure for counting the Omer.
Today’s Learning
Pirkei Avot 6:6 tells us: Greater is learning Torah than the priesthood and than royalty, for royalty is acquired by thirty stages, and the priesthood by twenty-four, but the Torah by forty-eight things.
The 19th way is: By a minimum of frivolity
From our community:
From the sages of the Talmud to … TikTok? Is this the future of how Jewish content will be captured and shared for the ages?
Consider this young lady’s TikTok feed as an example: https://www.tiktok.com/@thatrelatablejew
What this medium lacks in tradition, it may very well make up for in dance moves!
–Omer Bot
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