Author: A Friend

I heard a nice idea about Sefiras Ha’Omer last Shabbos. The question that is often asked is why we count up towards matan Torah, when we ordinarily would count down towards an exciting event?

I just learned that not all animals are either diurnal (active by day) or nocturnal — some animals are crepuscular (active by twilight – dawn and dusk). I thought this was interesting because I never really thought about those times as distinct from day and night. But of course they are.

A friend and I were discussing how we miss being taught interesting topics through the lens of the Jewish sources. When we were in seminary together, we had to write a few in-depth papers on various topics and the research process was really interesting.