49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot
18 Iyar 5773 | April 28, 2013
Lag B'Omer
33rd Day of the Omer
Anger and tenderness: my selves.
And now I can believe they breathe in me
as angels, not polarities.
Anger and tenderness: the spider's genius
to spin and weave in the same action
from her own body, anywhere -
even from a broken web.
Adrienne Rich, A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far
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-third day - four weeks and five days of the Omer.