Counting the Omer – Day 36

Counting the Omer – Feeding the Land, not the Landfill

In the United States, 30-40 percent of the food supply ends up as food waste. By not wasting food, you save money and reduce harm to our air, land, and water. And when you recycle food scraps in a compost pile, you turn waste into something useful.

Blessing for Day Thirty Six

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 שִׁשָּׁה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם שֶׁהֵם חֲמִשָּׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת וְיוֹם אֶחָד לָעֹֽמֶר

Hayom shishah ushloshim yom shehem chamishah shavuot v’yom echad la-omer.

Today is thirty-six days, which is five weeks and one day of the Omer.

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