Omer

Name: Omer
Author: Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar
ISBN: 9780881232196

A Counting

by Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar

Introduction by Rabbi A. Brian Stoller

222 Pages6.00 × 9.00 × 0.60 in

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ISBN: 9780881232196
Published: 1st Jan 2014

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The counting of the Omer begins with the escape from enslavement to the wandering path of freedom, leading to a mystical encounter with God, Sinai, and Torah. This volume, beginning with its informative contextual introduction, provides a spiritual guide for a personal journey through the Omer toward meaningful and purposeful living. Beautiful and evocative readings for each day matched with the daily Omer blessing, offer a transformative path from Passover to Shavuot.

Acknowledgments

Introduction by Rabbi A. Brian Stoller

Before We Begin

The Personal Journey: An Invitation

Week One: Decide

Week Two: Discern

Week Three: Choose

Week Four: Hope

Week Five: Imagine

Week Six: Courage

Week Seven: Pray

Counting’s End

For Special Days

Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day

Yom HaZikaron: Israel Memorial Day

Yom HaAtzmaut: Israel Independence Day

Earth Day

Mother’s Day

Memorial Day

Shabbat

Lag BaOmer

Rosh Chodesh

Rabbi Karyn D. Kedar is an author, poet, spiritual counselor, inspirational speaker and rabbi emerita at Congregation B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim in Deerfield, Illinois. She was ordained at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati in 1985. She is the author of several books, among them Omer: A Counting (2014), Amen: Seeking Presence with Prayer, Poetry, and Mindfulness Practice (2019), and Unfolding: A High Holy Day Companion (2025) from CCAR Press. She is also published in numerous anthologies and has created liturgy, rituals, and ceremonies.

Rabbi Kedar teaches courses and designs retreats on finding meaning and purpose in our busy lives, creating a prayerful and intentional life, spiritual awakening, forgiveness, and intentional leadership. She offers workshops in engagement, vision, and creating the synagogue for the twenty-first century.

She and her husband Ezra are the proud parents of Talia, Moti, Shiri and Ilan and grandparents of Lihi, Maya, Eliyah, Emma, Leo, and Nelly all who live in Israel.

Please visit her website at karynkedar.com.

Rabbi Karyn Kedar, poet, spiritual counselor, inspirational speaker, and author of The Omer: A Counting, explains three levels of meaning behind the tradition of counting the Omer.