We Jews have been counting since the (second) Pesach (Passover) Seder. 50 days after we were freed from Egypt (Mitzrayim- a place of narrow straits), we were there, waiting by Mount Sinai (sorry- NOT in the “Sinai Peninsula”, more likely in Saudi Arabia, near an active volcano), to receive the 10 Commandments.
Continue reading Sh’vuot. The Feast of Weeks. 50 days past Pesach.