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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>> Whenever I hear someone count the Omer with a Lamud, I ask, "How do<BR>> you refer to the 33rd day?" The reply always is "Lag B'Omer." I then<BR>> say, "Doesn't this prove that one should count with a Bais?" >:-}<BR><BR>The Torah Temimah (Mekor Baruch on Tefillah) brings the same proof.<BR><BR>> For the record, years ago I knew a fellow who counted with a Lamud<BR>> and also referred to the 33rd day as Lag L'Omer.<BR><BR>Shibolei Haleket (Hilchos Sefiras HaOmer, 235) calls the day Lag L'Omer.<BR><BR>(Agav, he says that one should say L'Omer, but puts it at the beginning of<BR>the sentence: Hayom L'Omer Yom Echad, and so on.)<BR><BR>I have seen the phrase written as "<U>Sheh-</U>Hayom . . . Lo-Omer.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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