Counting the Omer – Day 27

Counting the Omer – Feeding the Land, not the Landfill

Composting helps reduce climate change! When food scraps go to a landfill, they decompose without oxygen and release methane. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is many times more potent than carbon dioxide.

Blessing for Day Twenty Seven

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 שִׁבְעָה וְעֶשְׂרִים יוֹם שֶׁהֵם שְׁלֹשָׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת וְשִׁשָּׁה יָמִים לָעֹֽמֶר.

Hayom shivah v’esrim yom shehem sh’loshah shavuot v’shishah yamim la-omer.

Today is twenty-seven days, which is three weeks and six days of the Omer.

Today is twenty-seven days, which is three weeks and six days of the Omer.

Omer Calendar