49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot
16 Iyar 5773 | April 26, 2013
31st Day of the Omer
When I was young
And my days were sweet
And the wings of the Presence
First rustled over me
My heart knew longing and amazement
And I sought a secret place of prayer.
Hayim Nahman Bialik
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 thirty-first - four weeks and three days of the Omer.