49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot
Iyar 5773 | April 11, 2013
16th Day of the Omer
You were not born into the world at large, but into a certain family and at a certain time. I would wish for you comfort, love, an "at homeness" in this family which shares a common historic experience. But I also wish you always a yearning and a seeking for something more for yourselves and the generations to come after you. These generations go back beyond Sinai to a lone wanderer, our father Abraham, and continues into the future. It endures so long as this unbroken chain of generations continues to struggle toward an end beyond itself, to be of value to others, to dare to be a partner with that power that causes us to struggle for justice, peace, love and beauty.
Your mother
Marcia Lawson, So That Your Values Live On, Ethical Wills and How to Prepare Them
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 sixteenth day - two weeks and two days of the Omer.