| Counting the Omer
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The blessing before counting the Omer
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Baruch ata Adonai, Elohaeynu meleh
ha-olam asher
kid-shanu b'mitz-votav, v'tzivanu al s'frat
ha-omer.
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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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Ha-yom tish-a yamim, shehaym shiv-a shavuot la-omer.
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Today is forty-nine days, which is seven weeks of the Omer.
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