Q&A: Counting the Omer in the Bathroom
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Counting the Omer in the Bathroom
Question
Counting the day, of course without the blessing and without “for the sake of the unification,” just simply stating the fact that today is 17, which are two weeks and 3 days of the Omer.
Is there a problem?
Does one fulfill the obligation?
Answer
See here: https://tora-forum.co.il/viewtopic.php?t=18194
I think it is forbidden, because it is no less than words of Torah. You are engaging in them in a place where one may not study them. On the contrary, this is done through an act, so it is more than mere thought and even more than speech.