{"id":45724,"date":"2018-05-07T08:27:08","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T08:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/?p=45724"},"modified":"2018-05-08T19:37:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T19:37:47","slug":"unique-status-sefirah-chol-hamoed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/holidays\/unique-status-sefirah-chol-hamoed\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Status of the Days of Sefirat Haomer: Chol Hamoed of Shabbat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sefirah is unique in that the entire mitzvah is a preparation. What are we preparing for &#8211; there are no\u00a0mitzvot unique to Shavuot! If \u05d5\u05dc\u05e7\u05d7\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea\u05db\u05dd \u05dc\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05dd was fulfilled when we accepted the Torah, why is it part of the Pesach Seder? Why is sefirah part of the moadim in Emor?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shiur provided courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.torahanytime.com\/\"><strong>Torah Anytime<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-post-45724 wp-image-36223 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/torah\/files\/TorahAnyTimeLogo-300x123.jpg\" alt=\"Torah Anytime Logo\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sefirah is unique in that the entire mitzvah is a preparation. What are we preparing for &#8211; there are no\u00a0mitzvot unique to Shavuot! If \u05d5\u05dc\u05e7\u05d7\u05ea\u05d9 \u05d0\u05ea\u05db\u05dd \u05dc\u05d9 \u05dc\u05e2\u05dd was fulfilled when we accepted the Torah, why is it part of the Pesach Seder? Why is sefirah part of the moadim in Emor? 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