[Avodah] sephira question

[Saul Mashbaum]

Regarding the question of "Cardinal or Ordinal" sfira counting:

Although it is clear to us that sfira-counting uses cardinal numbers,
the MB seems to accept ordinal numbers as valid. See Sa OC 489;6, MB
sk 32, towards the end (where he uses ot 42 to refer to the Shaar
Tzion). There the MB says "Od katvu, d'im taa v'amar "hayom yom
**r'vii** baomer... dayo sheyisayem **chamishi** baomer..." Athough
one can entertain the possibility that the MB is lav davka when he
wrote r'vii and chamishi, this is of course something one must always
propose with great reluctance.

Saul Mashbaum