14th of Sh'vat, 5772
Parashat Yitro
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Counting the Omer

The blessing before counting the Omer
Omer Blessing
Baruch ata Adonai, Elohaeynu meleh ha-olam asher 
kid-shanu b'mitz-votav, v'tzivanu al s'frat ha-omer.
Praised are you, Lord our G-d, Ruler of the universe, who has taught us the way of holiness through the Mitzvot, and commanded us to count the Omer.

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Omer Day 38 (Hebrew)
Ha-yom tish-a yamim, shehaym chami-sha shavuot u'shelosha yamim la-omer.
Today is thirty-eight days, which is five weeks and three days of the Omer.