According to the Torah (Lev.23:15) we are obligated to count the days between Passover and Shavu’ot. Every night, from the second night of Passover to the night before Shavu’ot, we recite a blessing and state the count of the Omer in both weeks and days.
As we pass the one-year anniversary of the pandemic, I am in awe of the strength, resilience, creativity, and generosity of our community. The past year has brought challenges and hardships we’ve never seen before, but it has also brought new opportunities to care for one another and reconsider and, in some cases, reinvent the way we live and work.
“To heal, we must remember. It’s hard sometimes to remember, but that’s how we heal.”
If you are like millions of other people across the globe, you might’ve made traditional New Year’s resolutions. But most people only stick to their resolutions for a couple of weeks.
Always around this time of year, and on Rosh Hashanah, I contemplate on the past year and think about what I want to achieve in the upcoming one. Last year was different for me. I appreciated and gave thanks for what I have and started my day with Modeh Ani.
