THE OMER OFFERING REENACTMENT: THE NIGHT HARVEST! Yesterday we began posting photos taken during this past Saturday night/Sunday morning reenactment of the Torah-mandated barley harvest, which takes place the night following the first day of Passover (this past Saturday night). This short video clip was taken by Adam Propp during the Saturday night harvest which took place on the outskirts of Jerusalem. For more details, see our earlier post: https://goo.gl/yP1Bmp | The Temple Institute

LEARNING TO PREPARE THE OMER OFFERING IN ELON MOREH https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/406115 Group of volunteers convenes in Elon Moreh to practice preparation of the Omer offering, the sacrifice that is offered in the Temple immediately after Passover. A group of volunteers from throughout Israel convened in Elon Moreh in Samaria this week, to practice the process of preparing barley for the Korban Omer (Omer offering), the sacrifice that is offered in the Temple immediately after Passove