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Barbara and Zevulon Haddad and sons Moshe and Noam: An adventure a day.

PASSOVER from page 45

takes out all the projects and everything
about them brings its own happiness.
They're lovely and colorful and bright,
beautiful to the eye. But taking the
pieces out also means the children can
step back and remember how much fun
they had making each one.
For Susie, all the projects are a work of
art, and she's going to keep them forever.
"I love all of them," she says. "I love
everything that the kids have ever
made."

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Omer At-A-Glance

ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM
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• What It Is:
A daily count of the 49 days (seven
weeks) between Pesach and Shavuot.

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healthy Passover.

• Why We Count:
A commandment in the Torah
(Leviticus 23:15-16).

• How And When To Count:
We begin the count on the second
night of Pesach. Thereafter, ideally, we
count as part of the daily evening serv-
ice. The count itself is preceded by a
blessing, after which we state the rele-
vant day and week of the Omer. The
count should be recited while standing.

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• The Omer And Mourning:
The first part of the Omer period is
characterized as semi-mournful. We do
not get haircuts, have or attend mar-
riages, or play musical instruments.
The Talmud tells us that during this
period a plague decimated the disciples

Not a day went by one Pesach that
Barbara Haddad of West Bloomfield
didn't have something fun planned for
her two sons, Moshe, 11, and Noam, 4.
In real life, in addition to being a
mom, Haddad works with Jewish
Hospice and Chaplaincy Network and
the Jewish Family Service. But one
Pesach she took off the entire holiday
and served as vacation planner, guide
and food coordinator/cook when she
hosted a series of day adventures for her
boys.
"It was always something different,"
she says. "We would do a field trip each
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of Rabbi Akiva because they did not
treat each other with respect. Later
sources point to the Omer as period of
mourning because at that time in 1096
and 1146 Jews in the Rhineland were
killed by the Crusaders. The
Chmielnicki massacres in the Ukraine
and Poland (1648-49) also took place
during this period.

• Lag Ba-Omer:
This is the 33rd day of the Omer
(lag is the acronym formed from the
Hebrew letters lamed and gimeh which
signify 33) on which mourning is sus-
pended. Hair may be cut and wed-
dings may be held.
Among those Jews who do not cut
their sons' hair until the boys reach the
age of 3, Lag Ba-Omer is the day cho-
sen for the first haircut. In Israel, a hol-
iday tradition is to light bonfires and
for children to play with bows and
arrows.
For unknown reasons, Lag Ba-Omer
is associated with Bar Kochba, the
Jewish leader of a revolt against the
Roman occupation during the time of
Rabbi Akiva. This year, Lag Ba-Omer
occurs on Friday, May 27. ❑