[Avodah] Safeiq Sefirah

[Arie Folger]

RMB wrote:
> So, Zack asked: We know from "mashiv haruach" the rule that if you
> haven't been saying something 30 days I should assume I didn't say it.
> To the extent that we override safeiq berakhos lehaqeil and require
> repeating.

In the case of mashiv harua'h, you are used to say it dofferently than 
necessary and need to change your habit. There is a preexisting 'hazaqah that 
you will just move on to mekhalkel 'hayim. However, regarding the sefirah, 
since it isn't necessarily part of ma'ariv, and isn't in the middle of a 
text, there is no reason to believe that you forgot on account of a habit to 
say the word 'aleinu immediately after the veimru amen of the end of qadish - 
they are two distinct, separate texts. If you did forget, it was on account 
of, well, simply having forgotten, sans 'hazaqah.

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