[Avodah] Safeiq Sefirah

[Samuel Svarc]

> From: Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org>

> Subject: [Avodah] Safeiq Sefirah

> 

> My 13 yr old boys and I were learning KSA yesterday, and one of them 

> asked the following question:

> 

> According to the KSA, if you are unsure if you counted yesterday or 

> not, you can continue counting with a berakhah. Chasing it down a 

> little, the reasoning seems to be sefeiq sefeiqa -- safeiq whether 

> omer is one mitzvah or many, and even if one mitzvah, safeiq wehther 

> or not you broke the chain.

> 

> 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.

 

I think the answer is how "chashuv" the thing is. Similar to Megilas Esther
that can be heard even though the general rule is "drei koli lo...". So to
here, "mashiv haruach" is a daily thing for many months, a person will not
remember. Sefira is (relatively) short and "exciting", a person will
remember. 

 

Another distinction, which might be dependent on whether one davened with a
minyan, is that "MH" is said quietly to oneself, while sefira is a public
production.

 

KT,

MSS 

 

 

 

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