APRIL 24/NISSAN 16
Counting the Omer
On this day, the "Omer Offering"--which included matzah baked from the new crop of barley harvested that very day--was brought in the Holy Temple. This date was also the beginning of the 49-day "Counting of the Omer", which retraces our ancestors' seven-week spiritual journey from the Exodus on Pesach to the Giving of the Torah at Sinai on Shavuot (Leviticus 23:15).