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If the ways to acquire torah parallel sefirah, why only 48? As much progress as we make in sefirah, the jump to infinity (50) is infinite. How do we do it?...

What does it mean that Torah should be new to us each day? Why is it alluded to in the nation’s arrival in the Sinai Desert? What does desert represent?

Kavod (honor) is from the outside. Shem (name) is from the inside, the essence of the item itself. We can’t know the true shem, only the kavod.  

Why was the decree against Rabbi Akiva’s students during Sefirah and not during the 3 weeks leading up to Tisha B’Av? What is the connection to Sefirah?

The 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva who died weren’t the only talmidei chachamim at the time. Why is the emphasis on the fact that they were specifically Rabbi Akiva’s students?

What are we celebrating on Pesach Sheni – we don’t need it because we celebrated Pesach? They were unhappy they missed out on performing a mitzvah.  

Iyar is the month of vav which by its nature is a connector just like Iyar which is entirely within Sefirah connects Pesach and Shavuot.

There is a practice to learn Letter of Rav Shimshon Ostropoli on the ten plagues on erev Pesach as a merit for a year of success and triumph.

Why is the seventh day of Pesach part of Sefirat HaOmer while the first day of Pesach, specifically the seder night, isn’t and by its very nature cannot be part of...

Why don’t we count down to Matan Torah? Why is the count relative to the korban omer? Why do we begin on Pesach but not on the first day of Pesach?