Counting the Omer – Day 12

Counting the Omer – Feeding the Land, not the Landfill

You can make your own compost bins from wood or other materials and put the bins in your backyard.  One bin for new compost, another bin for old compost and another for brown materials such as straw to be layered between the food scraps and other green materials.

Blessing for Day Twelve

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 שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר יוֹם שֶׁהֵם שָׁבֽוּעַ אֶחָד וַחֲמִשָּׁה יָמִים לָעֹֽמֶר

Hayom sh’neim asar yom shehem shavua echad vachamishah yamim la-omer.

Today is twelve days, which is one week and five days of the Omer.

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