49 days, seven weeks between Passover and Shavuot
19 Iyar 5773 | April 29, 2013
34th Day of the Omer
My brother and I were at Sinai
He kept a journal
of what he saw
of what he heard
of what it all meant to him
I wish I had such a record
of what happened to me there
It seems like every time I want to write
I can't
I'm always holding a baby
one of my own
or one for a friend
always holding a baby
so my hands are never free
to write things down
And then
as time passes
the particulars
the hard data
the who what when where why
slip away from me
and all I'm left with is
the feeling
But feelings are just sounds the vowel barking of a mute
My brother is so sure of what he heard after all he's got a record of it consonant after consonant after consonant
If we remembered it together we could recreate holy time sparks flying
Merle Feld, We All Stood Together
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-fourth day - four weeks and six days of the Omer.