The Block Center for Jewish Exploration and Education
The Days We are Counting this Sefirat HaOmer
Rabbi Dave Levy
Kavanah-Hinneni Muchan U’mzuman- I am ready to fulfill the mitzvah of counting the Omer. However, with a heavy heart this year, we count so much more. We count the days since the terror of October 7, we count the days that our brothers and sisters, our children, have sat held hostage by Hamas. Each day we will count the Omer, but we will also count the days of shevi-captivity. We pray to get to stop this count tonight, but if we are disappointed, we will keep hope and keep counting. May it be your will Adonai, that our Jewish family be reunited NOW. May the Omer, always known as a period of Jewish anxiety, be turned into a joyous reunion bringing our hostages home safely.
בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְותָיו וְצִוָּֽנוּ עַל סְפִירַת הָעֹֽמֶר׃
Blessed are you, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has sanctified us with your commandments and commanded us to count the omer.
הַיּוֹם יוֹם Insert Day of the Omer
Today is (Insert Day of the Omer and add Day of captivity as found below)
Tuesday, April 23, 2024 -First Day of the Omer: -Day 200 of captivity
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - Second Day of the Omer: Day 201 of captivity
Thursday, April 25, 2024 -Third Day of the Omer: Day 202 of captivity
Friday, April 26, 2024 -Fourth Day of the Omer: Day 203 of captivity
Saturday, April 27, 2024 - Fifth Day of the Omer: Day 204 of captivity
Sunday, April 28, 2024 -Sixth Day of the Omer: Day 205 of captivity
Monday, April 29, 2024 -Seventh Day of the Omer: Day 206 of captivity
Tuesday, April 30, 2024 - Eighth Day of the Omer: Day 207 of captivity
Wednesday, May 1, 2024 - Ninth Day of the Omer: Day 208 of captivity
Thursday, Tenth Day of the Omer: May 2, 2024 - Day 209 of captivity
Friday, May 3, 2024 - Eleventh Day of the Omer: Day 210 of captivity
Saturday, May 4, 2024 -Twelfth Day of the Omer: Day 211 of captivity
Sunday, May 5, 2024 -Thirteenth Day of the Omer: Day 212 of captivity
Monday, May 6, 2024 -Fourteenth Day of the Omer: Day 213 of captivity
Tuesday, May 7, 2024 -Fifteenth Day of the Omer: Day 214 of captivity
Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - Sixteenth Day of the Omer: Day 215 of captivity
Thursday, May 9, 2024 - Seventeenth Day of the Omer: Day 216 of captivity
Friday, May 10, 2024 - Eighteenth Day of the Omer: Day 217 of captivity
Saturday, May 11, 2024- Nineteenth Day of the Omer: Day 218 of captivity
Sunday, May 12, 2024 -Twentieth Day of the Omer: Day 219 of captivity
Monday, May 13, 2024 - Twenty-first Day of the Omer: Day 220 of captivity
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 - Twenty-second Day of the Omer: Day 221 of captivity
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 - Twenty-third Day of the Omer: Day 222 of captivity
Thursday, May 16, 2024 - Twenty-fourth Day of the Omer: Day 223 of captivity
Friday, May 17, 2024 -Twenty-fifth Day of the Omer: Day 224 of captivity
Saturday, May 18, 2024 - Twenty-sixth Day of the Omer: Day 225 of captivity
Sunday, May 19, 2024 -Twenty-seventh Day of the Omer: Day 226 of captivity
Monday, May 20, 2024 -Twenty-eighth Day of the Omer: Day 227 of captivity
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 -Twenty-ninth Day of the Omer: Day 228 of captivity
Wednesday, May 22, 2024 - Thirtieth Day of the Omer: Day 229 of captivity
Thursday, May 23, 2024 - Thirty-first Day of the Omer: Day 230 of captivity
Friday, May 24, 2024 - Thirty-second Day of the Omer: Day 231 of captivity
Saturday, May 25, 2024 - Thirty-third Day of the Omer: Day 232 of captivity
Sunday, May 26, 2024 - Thirty-fourth Day of the Omer: Day 233 of captivity
Monday, May 27, 2024 -Thirty-fifth Day of the Omer: Day 234 of captivity
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 -Thirty-sixth Day of the Omer: Day 235 of captivity
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 - Thirty-seventh Day of the Omer: Day 236 of captivity
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - Thirty-eighth Day of the Omer: Day 237 of captivity
Friday, May 31, 2024 - Thirty-ninth Day of the Omer: Day 238 of captivity
Saturday, June 1, 2024 - Fortieth Day of the Omer: Day 239 of captivity
Sunday, June 2, 2024- Forty-first Day of the Omer: Day 240 of captivity
Monday, June 3, 2024- Forty-second Day of the Omer: Day 241 of captivity
Tuesday, June 4, 2024- Forty-third Day of the Omer: Day 242 of captivity
Wednesday, June 5, 2024- Forty-fourth Day of the Omer: Day 243 of captivity
Thursday, June 6, 2024 - Forty-fifth Day of the Omer: Day 244 of captivity
Friday, June 7, 2024- Forty-sixth Day of the Omer: Day 245 of captivity
Saturday, June 8, 2024 -Forty-seventh Day of the Omer: Day 246 of captivity
Sunday, June 9, 2024- Forty-eighth Day of the Omer: Day 247 of captivity
Monday, June 10, 2024- Forty-ninth Day of the Omer: Sunday Day 248 of captivity