Counting the Omer – Day 47

Counting the Omer – Feeding the Land, not the Landfill

Some cities like Ottawa, Canada have a “green bin” for food waste that gets picked up weekly, separately from your trash and recycling. Using your Green Bin – A How to Video Organics Recycling

Blessing for Day Forty 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 וְאַרְבָּעִים יוֹם שֶׁהֵם שִׁשָּׁה שָבוּעוֹת וַחֲמִשָּׁה יָמִים לָעֹֽמֶר

Hayom shivah v’arbaim yom shehem shishah shavuot vachamishah yamim la-omer.

Today is forty-seven days, which is six weeks and five days of the Omer.

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