Counting the Omer is a Devotional Practice
Each year we step from the second night of Pesach into the Omer journey. For 49 nights we count the Omer, marking the beginning and passing of each day, giving thanks for earth’s abundance and engaging in a practice of awareness, reflection and action for the sake of healing and shalom.
Go to Blessings for Counting the Omer
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Count along with the A Way In Jewish Mindfulness community guided by Rabbi Yael's classic book on the subject, Journey Through the Wilderness: A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer.
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If you are signed up for the newsletter, on Monday mornings you will also receive an email which will welcome each week of the Omer with teachings, meditations and questions for reflection. Download these teachings for the entire seven weeks (PDF)
Counting the Omer Together
In 2025/5785 A Way In is offering the opportunity for us to count together one night a week on Zoom, guided live on video by Rabbi Yael Levy. Every Wednesday evening at 8PM ET, beginning on April 16, 2024, Rabbi Yael will present an intention about the week and the day of the Omer, and we will stand together and count the new day. Counting together strengthens and helps inspire our experience and practice.
Every Monday at 11AM ET, Rabbi Yael also offers a teaching on the week's Torah portion. During Torah study we will explore the Divine emanations of the Omer day, reflecting in how they illuminate the teachings of the Torah.
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A Way In Jewish Mindfulness continues with the live Thursday Morning Meditation Sits guided by Rabbi Yael, every week at 8-8:30AM ET, where we will sit together in the energy of the Omer day.
These offerings also can be listened to as a podcast at any time on our Meditations page, on our Torah Study page, and on Soundcloud.
The natural inclination of the heart is to seek balance and truth, to be in harmony, to delight in beauty. And it is so easy to go astray, to lose our balance as confusion clouds our perceptions. It takes practice to return again and again to beauty and love.
Read MoreWe notice the joys, pain and challenges of our hearts, letting it all rise without judgment or shame.
Read MoreWe welcome the week of Tiferet, Radiance, Balance, Harmony, and the new month of Iyar. Iyar, which is a full month of Omer counting, brings brilliant light, natural healing and the opportunity for second chances.
For the sake of my siblings and friends, I will speak for peace.
For the sake of creation, I will act for the well-being for all.
Psalm 122:9
The heart breaks open with the pain and joy of being alive
And the radiance shines through the cracks.
