Q&A: Funny. But did he fulfill the obligation?
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Funny. But did he fulfill the obligation?
Question
It is a commandment to count the days; it is a commandment to count the weeks
This morning the newsreader opened the news with: Today is Tuesday, the 13th of Iyar
Today is twenty-eight days, which are three weeks and seven days of the Omer…
(completely true)
I laughed.
Is that a valid counting of the weeks?
Answer
In my opinion, no. He counted neither the days nor the weeks. He probably did it intentionally so that we would not fulfill our obligation and would still be able to recite the blessing 🙂
He did count the days…