Halacha:

Pesach 

Machshava:

Sefirat HaOmer,  Shavuot 

Description

We begin the SEFIRAT-HAOMER period with a sacrifice of barley (food fit for an animal) and end with a sacrifice of Wheat (for fit for a human) on SHAVUOT: seems like a Jew needs both to be an obedient servant, on side with being someone who questions and critiques. On the inner-play between coercion and freedom of choice