Today is Erev Shavuot

[gnomi]

The holiday of Shavuot starts tonight. We have been counting the Omer since the second night of Pesach (Passover), seven weeks ago.

There's a concept in Judaism of Gematria, which involves the assigning of numerical values to letters of the Hebrew alphabet. A couple of weeks ago, we celebrated the 33rd day of the Omer, known as Lag B'Omer because

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[elrhiarhodan]

49 B'omers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a way to start the day.

[elainasaunt]

I'm sure we all appreciate your contribution!

[elrhiarhodan]

:D

If you want my collection of B'omers, you can find them here.

[elainasaunt]

Vade retro, bb - I have work to do!

[elainasaunt]

Brilliant. How inspiring! And a great laugh.

[gnomi]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[lomedet]

What a glorious way to get ready for revelation. ;-)

[gnomi]

Heh. Indeed. And there are some "Magic Mike" photos in there, speaking of "revelation." ;-)

[scarlettina]

Yiddishe fan girl. :-)

[gnomi]

That's me! :-)

[tsuki_no_bara]

i don't think i'll ever see a reference to lag b'omer again without expecting to count the bomers. mmm, bomer.