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Parshat Emor: Sefirat HaOmer as the Way Forward
If characters from just about any stage in history could see our lives today, they would likely conclude that we are living in a time of unprecedented freedom. For the most part, those of us in the Western world can work, travel, pray, speak, dress, and vote however we choose, regardless of religion, gender, ability, or belief.