Counting the Omer – Day 30
Counting the Omer – Feeding the Land, not the Landfill
Let your Halloween pumpkin and sukkah decorations decompose into a scary mess in your compost bin.
Learn more about Jewish Holidays and Environmental Justice at Every Day is Earth Day: Jewish Holidays and Environmental Justice.
Blessing for Day Thirty
.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 שְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם שֶׁהֵם אַרְבָּעָה שָׁבוּעוֹת וּשְׁנֵי יָמִים לָעֹֽמֶר
Hayom sh’loshim yom shehem arbaah shavuot ushnei yamim la-omer.
Today is thirty days, which is four weeks and two days of the Omer.
