Counting the Omer – Day 26
Counting the Omer – Feeding the Land, not the Landfill
Decomposers in a compost pile need air, water, and food (just like you!) Regularly turning a compost pile ensures that decomposers get the air they need. Rain provides water. You provide food by adding food scraps and garden waste.
Blessing for Day Twenty 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 וְעֶשְׂרִים יוֹם שֶׁהֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת וַחֲמִשָּׁה יָמִים לָעֹֽמֶר
Hayom shishah v’esrim yom shehem sh’loshah shavuot vachamishah yamim la-omer.
Today is twenty-six days, which is three weeks and five days of the Omer.
