Counting the Omer – Day 38

Counting the Omer – Feeding the Land, not the Landfill

Compost heaps can spontaneously combust – don’t put your compost pile too close to the house! Compost heaps can catch fire if they get too hot! Fortunately, it’s rare, and usually only happens to very large, dry compost heaps. Still, if you have a hot summer, it’s definitely worth checking your compost heap, and damping it down or turning it if it’s too hot. 

Blessing for Day Thirty Eight

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.

.יּוֹם שְׁמוֹנָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים יוֹם שֶׁהֵם חֲמִשָּׁה שָׁבוּעוֹת וּשְׁלֹשָׁה יָמִים לָעֹֽמֶר

Hayom sh’monah ushloshim yom shehem chamishah shavuot ushloshah yamim la-omer.

Today is thirty-eight days, which is five weeks and three days of the Omer.

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