Counting the Omer – Day 23
Counting the Omer – Feeding the Land, not the Landfill
Composting helps our environment by reducing the volume of garbage, landfill, and methane gas.
Blessing for Day Twenty Three
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו, וְצִוָּֽנוּ עַל סְפִירַת הָעֹֽמֶר.
Baruch atah Adonai Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav vitzivanu al s’firat ha-omer.
Blessed are You, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the universe, who makes us holy with mitzvot, and commands us concerning the counting of the Omer.
.הַיּוֹם שְׁלֹשָׁה וְעֶשְׂרִים יוֹם שֶׁהֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת וּשְׁנֵי יָמִים לָעֹֽמֶר
Hayom sh’loshah v’esrim yom shehem sh’loshah shavuot ushnei yamim la-omer.
Today is twenty-three days, which is three weeks and two days of the Omer.