49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot
19 Nisan 5773 | March 30, 2013
4th Day of the Omer
You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life.
And I say to mankind be not curious bout God.
Why should I wish to see God better than this day?
I see something of God each hour of the twenty-four, and each moment then,
In the faces of men and women I see God, and in my own face in the glass,
I find letters from God dropt in the street, and everyone is signed
by God's name.
And I leave them where they are, for I know that wheresoe'er I go,
Others will punctually come for ever and ever.
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of Myself
Baruch Ata Adonai Elo-hei-nu me-lech ha-olam a-sher ke-d-sha-nu b- mitz-vo-tav, v-tzi-va-nu al s-fi-rat ha-omer.
Praised be you Adonai our God who rules the Universe instilling within us the holiness of mitzvot by commanding us to count the Omer.
Today is the fourth day of the Omer.