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Class 25: Lag BaOmer	show hide	Jewish Calendar I		Mrs. Shira Smiles
In this class, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses Lag BaOmer. Available in: streaming video & mp3 audio & audio podcast Topics: Holidays, Sefirat HaOmer, Lag BaOmer Class: Jewish Calendar I Time: 34:36 Free Preview (Login for Full Access) RSS / iPod / Podcast:
Building Oneself - Sefirat HaOmer	show hide			Mrs. Shira Smiles
The time of Sefirat HaOmer is a time of working on oneself. Mrs. Shira Smiles describes the particular character traits we must attain in order to make our acceptance of the Torah on Shavuot a lasting one. Available online in streaming video and Mp3 download. Available in: streaming video & mp3 audio & audio podcast Topics: Holidays, Sefirat HaOmer, Self-Improvement Time: 06:50 Free Preview (Login for Full Access) RSS / iPod / Podcast:
Rabbi Akiva's Students - Sefirat HaOmer Vort	show hide			Mrs. Shira Smiles
In this class, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses a great Torah lesson to be learned from the story of Rabbi Akiva's students, who were illustrious scholars and who perished during Sefirat HaOmer. Available online in streaming video and MP3 download. Available in: streaming video & mp3 audio & audio podcast Topics: Holidays, Sefirat HaOmer Time: 5:25 Free Preview (Login for Full Access) RSS / iPod / Podcast:
Shavout - Short Idea	show hide			Mrs. Shira Smiles
In this short class, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses G-d commandment to us in the Torah to count 50 days from Pesach until Shavuot. There is intense preparation for Shavuot, for everything spiritual is determined on that day. Available online in streaming video and MP3 download. Available in: streaming video & mp3 audio & audio podcast Topics: Holidays, Sefirat HaOmer, Shavuot, Short Torah Ideas Time: 04:03 RSS / iPod / Podcast:
Class 24: Dimensions of Sefirat Haomer	show hide	Jewish Calendar I		Mrs. Shira Smiles
In this class, Mrs. Shira Smiles discusses that we cannot get caught up only in the technical requirements of counting each night of the Omer and the customs of mourning during this time. Sefirat Haomer is a time for spiritual accounting in preparation for receiving the Torah, specifically in the areas of loving one's fellow man and increasing our consciousness of G-d. Available in: streaming video, ipod video, video podcast, mp3 audio & audio podcast Topics: Bein Adam LeChavero, Connecting to our Creator, Holidays, Loving your Fellow Jew, Sefirat HaOmer, Self-Improvement Class: Jewish Calendar I Time: 79:35 Free Preview (Login for Full Access) RSS / iPod / Podcast:
Lag BaOmer Vort: Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai's Legacy	show hide			Mrs. Shira Smiles
Mrs. Shira Smiles explains that Lag BaOmer awakens within us a passion to understand the significance of our personal importance to G-d, and recognize His Love and Devotion to us. She urges us to use this time of intimacy with G-d to pour out our hearts through supplication, prayer and Torah. Available online in streaming video, MP3 and iPod video download. Available in: streaming video, ipod video, video podcast, mp3 audio & audio podcast Topics: Holidays, Sefirat HaOmer, Lag BaOmer, Short Torah Ideas Time: 07:48 RSS / iPod / Podcast:
Class 21: Sefirat HaOmer - The Inner Count	show hide	Jewish Calendar I		Mrs. Shira Smiles
On Pesach night we were inspired by G-d’s revelation of the Torah. By counting upward, as we work on ourselves, we ascend in greatness. We have the opportunity over the next 49 days to return to the level of matan Torah. Each person should determine where they need improvement in their service of G-d (Avodat Hashem) and spend each day developing and growing closer to Him. Available in: streaming video & mp3 audio & audio podcast Topics: Connecting to our Creator, Holidays, Sefirat HaOmer Class: Jewish Calendar I Time: 40:00 Free Preview (Login for Full Access) RSS / iPod / Podcast: