e-TiM: Online Program
e-TiM: Exploring the Biblical Roots of Sefirat HaOmer

Monday, April 20   
11:00am-12:00pm EST
Tracing the Strange and Scant Usage of the Word 'Omer' in Chumash 
 

Monday, April 27   
11:00am-12:00pm EST
The Biblical Meaning of the Number Seven: From Creation to Revelation 

Monday, May 4   
11:00am-12:00pm EST       
Shavuot: Are We Celebrating Weeks, Wheat, or Matan Torah?​ 
 

 

Dates

April 20, 2020 May 4, 2020

Time

Mondays 7:00 AM EDT

Topics

Jewish Holidays, Shavuot

Class Audio

Shavuot: Are We Celebrating Weeks, Wheat, or Matan Torah?

May 4, 2020

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Program: e-TiM: Exploring the Biblical Roots of Sefirat HaOmer

Source Material: shavuottim.pdf

The Biblical Meaning of the Number Seven: From Creation to Revelation

April 27, 2020

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Program: e-TiM: Exploring the Biblical Roots of Sefirat HaOmer

Source Material: creationcivilizationtim.pdf

Tracing the Strange and Scant Usage of the Word 'Omer' in Chumash

April 21, 2020

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Program: e-TiM: Exploring the Biblical Roots of Sefirat HaOmer

Source Material: omerharsinaisourcesheet.pdf

Source Material

Source sheet, Week 1, Hebrew (PDF)

Source sheet, Week 1, English (PDF)

Source sheet, Week 2, Hebrew (PDF)

Source sheet, Week 2, English (PDF)

Source sheet, Week 3 (PDF)

Meet the speaker

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, an internationally acclaimed bible scholar and pioneer of Jewish Education on the internet, is well known in the Jewish community for his essays on the weekly Bible portion.  His vibrant thematic-analytical approach blends the methods of modern academic scholarship with traditional Jewish approaches to the Biblical text. He is best known for his ability to teach students how to study rather than simply read Biblical passages. As his essays focus on meta-themes in the Bible, his readership…

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag bio & resources