This page offers links to a multitude of websites, online tools and more that will allow you or your student to walk away with a slew of information on all things Sefiras HaOmer related.
2 FREE NLE Morasha Syllabus Classes
- Sefirat Ha’Omer I: Making it Count
- Sefirat Ha’Omer II: Lag B’Omer and Striving for Spiritual Perfection
Programming Ideas
Charts
- Sefirat Haomer Chart Laminte the chart and use year after year!
Links
- Sefiras HaOmer Review Sheets and Assessments, by Rabbi Gedalia Goldstein
- Sefira 101, by Rabbi Yochanan Schnall
- Countin’ to the Mountain
Sefirat HaOmer: a poem for each night - מיתת תלמידי רבי עקיבא & ימי הספירה–הכנה לקבלת התורה
By Rabbi Yitzchak Ruderman - Count Today’s Omer
The Nusach of the Sefira in English, Hebrew & Phonetics - Sefira Bumper Sticker
Sefira Bumper Sticker, How many days to the Omer? - New Review: Sefiros iphone app
Get the new iPhone App called Sefiros! - Transliterated Version of Sefirat HaOmer, by OU.org
- Basic Laws of Sefiras HaOmer, by OU.org
- Colored Eggs for Sefiras HaOmer?, by Ohr Somayach
- Tweeting the Sefirat HaOmer, by Tech Rav
- Iyar – Month Of Refuah – Segulas For Refuah & Sefiras HaOmer
- Meditation & Sefiras HaOmer, by a Simple Jew
- Sefer HaMinhagim The Period of Sefiras HaOmer and Lag BaOmer
- Customs During Sefira Part 1, Halachically Speaking
Children’s Resources
- Lag B’Omer Programmin
g Project for Children - Use this template from Torah u’Mesorah or assign a part of the story to each group of students.
- Use this slideshow to review the story of Rabbi Akiva. You can see a lesson plan to accompany the slideshow here.
Infographics
- Fire in Jewish Culture / Happy Lag B’Omer!
- Sefirat HaOmer – The Original Countdown
- Milk Infographic: Why We Eat Dairy on Shavuos, by NCSY
Audio
- Mitzvas Sefiras HaOmer, by Rabbi Yonason Sacks
- R. Mottel Zilber on Lag Ba’Omer Pre-Lag Ba’Omer Hisorerus (Audio)
- Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai Story
- The Life of Rabbi Akiva
Articles
- Daily Omer Meditation: A practical guide to becoming great in 49 days, by Rabbi Simon Jacobson
- Who Knows 50?, by Osher Chaim Levene, with Rabbi Yehoshua Hartman
- Q & A: Women Counting Sefirat Haomer, by Rabbi Yaakov Klass
- Two Heroes of Sefirat HaOmer, by OU Staff
Lag B’Omer
- Lag B’Omer: Chai Rottel and Bows & Arrows, by torahmusings.com
- Why I Was Sad on Lag B’Omer, by Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman
- What Lag Baomer Hype Inc. Doesn’t Tell You – Lesser Known Facts and Aspects Of ח”י אייר
- Gilyon Stitchin Lag B’Omer
- Shvilei Pinchas, Lag B’Omer 5773 in english & hebrew
- Lag BaOmer Shiur, by Rabbi David Sedley
- The Transmission of Kabbalah: introduction to Shomer Emunim HaKadmon, translated by Rabbi David Sedley
- A Printing Mistake and the Mysterious Origins of Rashbi’s Yahrzeit, by Eliezer Brodt
- NLE Kabbalah Classes for Lag B’Omer
- Kabbalah – Jewish Mysticism I: What is Kabbalah and The Prerequisites for its Study
- Kabbalah – Jewish Mysticism II: Principles of Jewish Mysticism: Hishtalshelut
- Kabbalah – Jewish Mysticism III: Kabbalistic Explanations of the Torah, Mitzvot, and Reincarnation
- Iniyanei Lag B’Omer – Booklet (English), by Binyomin Karman
- Hilchos Lag B’Omer – Booklet (Hebrew), by Binyomin Karman
Recipes
- 15 Israeli Inspired Recipes for Lag B’Omer, by Joy of Kosher
