Presence

This coming Shabbos, Shomrei Emunah will be hosting R. JJ Schacter as a scholar in residence. If you miss it, you'll be sorry. The agenda:

- Shiur at the 8:15 AM Minyan - The Ba'al Hamaor's Position on Sefiras Ha'Omer
- Shabbos Morning Drasha at the 9:00 AM Minyan - America, Israel, and the World: Orthodoxy Confronts Modern Society
- Keynote Address Shabbos Afternoon at 6:00 PM - The Wandering Jew: Commemorating National Catastrophe: This lecture will examine Jewish attempts to remember communal catastrophes experienced from the Middle Ages through the Twentieth Century. The specific focus will be on the reaction to the massacre in Blois, France in 1171 as a basis for the response to the Chmielnicki Massacres of 1648-1649 in Poland and to the Holocaust.
· - Seudah Shlishis (expanded format, following 7:00 Mincha) - Intellect and Emotion in the Observance of Mitzvos

Update: ADDeRabbi sent along a link to a post by Jewish Worker with the basic sources for the Ba'al Hamaor's position on Sefiras HaOmer.