Holiday: Sefirat HaOmer

  • A Simple Counting The Omer Journal Page

    Today is day 22 of the Omer, and I might be behind on this journal page! It is true, I embarked on a counting the omer art journal project last year, which is wonderful and so interesting, but sometimes you might just want a really really simple way to count the omer, even if you…

  • Schlissel Challah Rolls For The Shabbos After Passover!

    Schlissel Challah Rolls For The Shabbos After Passover!

    To honor this special shabbat, namely the first one after Passover in which we traditionally prepare challah in our homes once again, this year I decided to try once again to make some small rolls shaped like keys, which we call schlissel challah. And yippee, at least one was photo perfect enough to share with…

  • DIY Key Napkin Ring Craft For The First Shabbat After Passover!

    I am re=posting this craft from a time when my kids were much younger (7 years ago!) and I made an extra effort to make each special shabbat special. (Today I made each shabbat special with the specific traditional family foods they love) I was looking for my images of key shaped challah, and came…

  • Counting The Omer With Art

    Counting The Omer With Art

    Last year, during the week of Passover,when we do not do art, I had the idea of making an art journal for counting the omer. Once Passover ended I quickly prepared pages, 49 plus, one for each day of the Omer, and then began making art on each of the pages. This turned out to…

  • An Art Journal For Sefirat HaOmer

    We are now in the middle of the seven day Passover holiday, which also means we have started a period on the Jewish calendar called sefirat haomer, which means the counting of the omer. This is a 49 day period between the 2nd night of Pesach, and the holiday of Shavuot, when we receive the…

  • Counting The Omer: Today Is The First Day Of Forty-Nine!

    Counting The Omer: Today Is The First Day Of Forty-Nine!

    Above: Antique Counting The Omer calendars made in the Netherlands in the 1800’s for use in a Portugese Jewish synagogue, these are from a community in Suriname, and are now in Israel Museum, Jerusalem. The top row is the day, the middle row is the week, and the bottom row is the number of days…