Folktales—typically based in pagan flirtations—aside, the scholarly view of L”g lâ-Omër begins with wa-Yiqrâ 23.9-14:

“…When you enter hâ-Ârëtz, which I give you, and harvest its harvest; then you shall bring the Omër, the first of the harvest, to the Kohein. He shall brandish the Omër before ha-Sheim for your favor; from the morrow after the [special] Shabât the Kohein shall brandish it. You shall make, on the day you brandish the Omër, an innocent lamb yearling, for an ascension [sacrifice] to ha-Sheim. And its Minkhâh [shall be] two-tenths [of an איפה] of fine-sifted [barley] flour mixed with [olive] oil, a fire [sacrifice] for ha-Sheim; a fragrant aroma; and its beverage shall be wine, a quarter הין. Neither bread nor roasted kernels nor plump kernels [of grain] shall you eat until this self-same day, until you bring the qârbân of your Ëlohim; a khoq olâm to your generations, in all of your settlements.”

Based on this, the counting is then ordained in the next two p^әsuqim (15-16):

“Then you shall count for yourselves, from the morrow following the [special] Shabât, from the day you brought the Omër of the brandishing; shall be seven complete [special] Shabâtot. until the morrow following the seventh [special] Shabât, you shall count 50 days; then you shall make a new approach-sacrifice Minkhâh to ha-Sheim.”

The careful student notices, however, that no significance has been associated with the particular number 33. As noted in the entry for Secondmonth 18 in the table found in The N^әtzârim Reconstruction of Hebrew Matityâhu (NHM) note 28.1.2, “the only Biblical reference to [the number] 33 describes the period of the ‘blood purifying’ that a woman (symbolizing Yisraeil as the Bride of ha-Sheim) remains unclean after the circumcision of her male child (viz., the Mashiakh).” Further elaboration of this explanation is found not only in NHM note 28.1.2 but also in endnote 11 to note 28.1.2.

A related concept explains the significance of 33, the relationship of 33 / ל"ג לעמר to 33 in Tan”kh, haircuts on ל"ג לעמר, the bonfires, throwing the locks into the fire and the messianic significance of Har Meiron: On the night of his last Pesakh Seider (after nightfall, ergo the 15^th of Firstmonth — the “zero-th” day from which the עמר is counted), Ribi Yehoshua made a nazir vow which had a duration of 30 days (since it was not otherwise specified). Neither the day of his death, in which his vow wasn’t observed the full day, nor the 3 days he was in the new tomb and considered dead, would have counted toward the 30 days to complete his vow. After leaving his new (uncontaminated) tomb, however, he resumed his nazir vow. The 15^th of Secondmonth (“zero-th” day) + the 33 days of the עמר to ל"ג לעמר totals 34 days… less the 4 excluded days demonstrates that his 30 day vow concluded on ל"ג לעמר. The nazir, in conclusion of his vow, cut his hair and threw it in the fire of the mizbeiakh.

Moreover, as demonstrated in NHM (note 17.1.2), the metamorphosis of Ribi Yehoshua most certainly took place on Har Meiron, upon which the “Throne of the Mashiakh” is located—which was then already revered as a holy mountain; not on Mt. Tabor as NT commentators have maintained.

See also pâ·râsh·at′ Ë·mor′ (1995.05) on wa-Yiqrâ 23.11.

16.19: “…to You shall come the גּוֹיִם from the ends of the earth, and they shall say: ‘It was, אַךְ-שֶׁקֶר our fathers inherited, a הֶבֶל that isn’t מוֹעִיל.’ ”

A long list of intractable contradictions, inherent in Christianity, is listed in Who Are the Netzarim? (WAN). No scholar or seminarian, indeed no one, has been able to mount any credible disputation to any of these contradictions for the nearly 25 years that this challenge has been issued. Logic dictates the realization that contradictions mean something within the religion is a שקר (shëqër; lie)—a שקר Christians have inherited from their fathers going back to when the שקר was first implemented in 135 C.E. (see Who Are the Netzarim? (WAN)). Moreover, Christianity is one of the main pillars upon which Islam—a second order Displacement Theology—was built, which it accepts, and from which it hangs.

Many who recognize the conundrum that ‘one either trusts in the Word of י--ה or one is trusting in man’ cannot read the first Word of Ta•na”kh′! When they rely on translators, in which are they trusting? When they spout these translations, which are they promoting? Which is their authority? Which do they serve? When they ignore or reject documented facts of the very real Creator and His Tor•âh′ to follow their pastor, they follow their pastor, not the Creator. Their faith is in man.

Every contra-Tor•âh′ (and pseudo-Tor•âh′) religion is indeed a הבל that lacks מועיל. The only question is: when will the goy•im′ recognize this and complete this prophecy?

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Yirm^eyâhu [”Jeremiah”] 31.30-32 reads this about the b’rit chadashah [renewed covenant]: “ ’Behold, days are coming,’ declares YHWH, ‘when I will inscribe with house of Israel and house of Yehudah a (b’rit chadâshâh).’ ”

Christians believe that they are included in this renewed covenant.

I was a devout Christian for six years and thought that those words were applicable on Christianity. Now I believe that the Creator has written His Torah [“the books of Moses”] on my heart; and I experience the Creator’s Torah of love on my heart.

Let’s go back to Yirmeyahu again.
Yirmeyahu 30.32: “ ’Because this is the b^erit [pact] that I will inscribe with the house of Israel after those days,’ declares YHWH [the Creator], ‘I will give My Torâh in their innermost being, and will write it upon their hearts.’ ”

The verses talks about Torah-observance – i.e. doing ones utmost to keep the several hundred commandments of the Torah. If one is included in the renewed covenant it says one should have the commandments of Torah written upon ones heart; i.e. one should keep the directives of Torah.

Christianity on the other hand teaches doctrines foreign to and contradicting the Torah; and its doctrines also contradicts what the historical first century Messiah prophesied in the Hebrew Bible called Y’hoshua taught in the first century. [Proof: http://www.jewishsalvation.com/jews-gentiles/belief-in-yeshuajesus-does-not-lead-to-salvation-according-to-the-bible/ ]

You read:

Who Are the Netzarim? (WAN) by Yirmәyahu Ben-David
Atonement In the Biblical ‘New Covenant.’ (ABNC) by Yirmәyahu Ben-David

In order to become a Netzarim one needs to realize that Christians created the counterfeit image ‘Jesus’ by taking some of the teachings of the historical Torah-observant Jew called Y’hoshua, hellenized them and mixed them with their anti-Torah Hellenistic and Roman doctrines [Further documentation and historical and logical proof at: www.netzarim.co.il ], e.g. that of the anti-Torah [books of Moses] notion of a god mating with a human conceiving a ‘man-god’/’divine saviour’, which is inherited in Christianity and its doctrine of ‘virgin birth’

You start doing your utmost to keep the many hundred commandments of the Torah [books of the Moses].
Learn more of the requirements: www.netzarim.co.il in the non-Jews-section

Raymond,
The Jewish Mashiakh [Messiah] is prophesied in the Hebrew Bible to teach the commandments of the Torah, not to ‘raise the bar’, which according to Deuteronomy 4:2 and 13:1-6, et.al, is regarded as adding to the Torah.
The commandments were revealed by our Creator to the people of Israel – and according to Torah all of mankind and all generations are incumbent to obey them; and Torah is clear on that no man – which includes the Jewish Mashiakh [Messiah] has the authority to add commandments by raising the bar.

More info. about whom the Jewish Mashiakh is according to the Hebrew Bible, is found in this article and its link:

http://www.messianic-jew.com/messianic-judaism/yehudim-meshichimmessianic-jews-or-netzarimnazarenes/

Elaine Mac Whirter ,
The historical person was called Yehoshua and was Torah-observant Jew.
If his followers the Netzarim [learn more at www.netzarim.co.il ; History Museum ] were not false prophets [see Deuteronomy 4:2; 13:1-6 in Hebrew] it is necessarily that they didn’t contradict the Torah of our Creator.

It is very clear from the Torah in Hebrew— see Deuteronomy chapter 26 and forward, et.al – that the commandments of Torah are for ALL generations and for ALL of mankind.
Christianity removes and adds to the commandments — and is defined as a false religion according to Deuteronomy 13:1-6. However the documentation of the Netzarim-website (see link above) proves that the followers of Y’hoshua never deviated from the Torah; and that Christianity was a distinct group, which didn’t follow the historical Y’hoshua

I wrote this reply at the Facebook-page Jewish Jesus daily.

The apprentice-students of Y’hoshua – the Jewish Mashiakh – didn’t have any authority to make decisions with no logical connection to the commandments of the Torah; either to contradict any of the commandments of the Torah [Deuteronomy 4:2, 13:1-6 et. al according to Hebrew numbering].

To say that non-Jews only need to keep four commandments would have been adding to Torah. However, to mention basic commandments – e.g. not eating that which Torah prohibits – as basic requirements to become a geir – a non-Jewish Torah-observant proselyte learning to keep the Torah and aspiring to eventually become an ezrakh — would have been perfectly in line with what the Torah teaches.

Rene Thompson,
Shalom!!

Assuming you are speaking about the historical Torah-observant Jew called Y’hoshua:
In order to follow his teachings one would have to live like he did. It is clear from several prophecies of the Hebrew Bible that the followers of the Jewish Mashiakh (Messiah) will keep the commandments of the Torah. [See. e.g. this article and its links: http://www.netzarim.co.il/Museum/Sukkah03/Sukkah03.htm ]
The ‘gospels’ have heavily redacted [Documentation, see. e.g. this quote from 'Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible': http://www.jewishsalvation.com/tag/redacted-nt/]

The Torah lists the geir – non-Jewish Torah-observant proselyte – and the Jew as part of the covenant the people of Israel has with the Creator. Exodus 12:48-49, Deuteronomy 31f [et.al] makes it clear that it is the same Torah – i.e. all of the commandments including not doing occupational-work on shabbat, eating only kosher, et.al – for the native born Israeli and the person whom was born a gentile, but joined the People of Israel’s covenant with the Creator.
Exodus 12:48 makes it clear that the geir should convert and become an ezrakh [native Yisraeli] .

(Torah akhat yiheyeh la-ezrakh; w^ә-la-geir hagar be•tokh•e•khem
One Tor•âh′ shall be for the citizen [i.e. native Yi•s^әr•â•eil′i]; and for the resident-alien who resides among you).

I hope this helps!!!
All the best!! Anders

Alan Thompson,
Jews (and others) whom are knowledgeable in history acknowledge the following:

Their was a first century Rabbi called Y’hoshua whom was observant of the many hundred commandments of the Torah; and he must be differentiated from the counterfeit image ‘Jesus” that Christians created. Christians created the counterfeit image by taking some of the teachings of Y’hoshua, hellenizing them and mixing them with their anti-Torah Hellenistic and Roman doctrines. [Further documentation and historical and logical proof at: www.netzarim.co.il ], e.g. that of the anti-Torah [books of Moses] notion of a god mating with a human conceiving a ‘man-god’/’divine saviour’, which is inherited in Christianity and its doctrine of ‘virgin birth’

Yehoshua was crucified by the romans; and put in a grave. He was in a coma for 3 days and 3 nights and were enlivened. He later died by his wounds. They found his tomb including ossuary — and there is plenty of evidence that it is his tomb, which is called the Talpiot Tomb: http://www.netzarim.co.il/Museum/Sukkah03/Sukkah03.htm [see the Talpiot Tomb-section]

A•qeid•âhꞋ ; binding. (usually refers to עֲקֵידַת יִצְחַק אָבִינוּ (A•qeid•atꞋ Yi•tz^әkhâqꞋ Âv•iꞋ nu; the binding of Yitz•khâqꞋ Âv•iꞋ nu, b^ә-Reish•itꞋ 22.1-19).

Some have questioned the efficacy of this episode, supposing that it conveys the idea that a father was prepared to kill his own son for his G-d. In fact, this episode records the exact opposite—how Av•râ•hâmꞋ weaned himself, and his posterity, from this practice that is documented among the goy•imꞋ of the ancient Middle East! (M^әlâkh•imꞋ Beit 3.26-27; See also MikhꞋ âh 6.7-8)

Tor•âhꞋ documents that in Av•râ•hâmꞋ ‘s era, when everything seemed lost, the politically correct, last-ditch, desperate method believed to enable one to prevail on his god was to demonstrate his absolute sincerity and unreserved belief in, and dedication to, his god by sacrificing his firstborn son.

The whole point of the A•qeid•âhꞋ is Av•râ•hâmꞋ ‘s questioning of that principle—while struggling with the question of his complete sincerity and unreserved belief in the Singularity, י--ה. Av•râ•hâmꞋ ‘s question, the whole point of the A•qeid•âhꞋ , was: is sacrificing one’s firstborn consistent with unreserved belief in the Singularity? Was whoever was speaking to Av•râ•hâmꞋ in the name of “ha-Ël•oh•imꞋ ” speaking the Will of י--ה?

The answer of the A•qeid•âhꞋ : No! And thereafter, Av•râ•hâmꞋ abandoned the goy•imꞋ practice. Never in Tor•âhꞋ , no matter how desperate, does any Judaic leader, except for the terrible error of Yi•ph^ƏtâkhꞋ (Sho•ph^Ət•imꞋ 11.1–12.7), even remotely consider it.

Incidentally, this universal practice of the goy•imꞋ was the cause of the deaths of all of the firstborn in Egypt leading up to the Y^әtzi•âhꞋ ! Placing sheep blood on the door posts, instead of their sons’ blood, is how the Israelis deceived Pharaoh’s soldiers into assuming they had obeyed Pharaoh’s orders.

The principle of proving one’s absolute love and dedication through the sacrifice of one’s firstborn son traces through Egypt, Moab and the ancient Middle East through Greco-Roman Hellenism to the 2^nd-4^th-century Hellenist Roman Christian doctrine of their god‘s love for them (John 3.16)! Thus, the A•qeid•âhꞋ poses yet another example exposing the intractable contradiction of Tor•âhꞋ intrinsic in Christianity.