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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This has bothered me for a while. The mitzva of
sephira is to count two time periods, both the days and the weeks of the omer.
We count the days in advance but the weeks in arrears, why?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We begin to count the days at the first moment of
the first day, the beginning of the period, but when we count the weeks, we wait
until the beginning of the seventh day before we count the weeks, this is near
the end of the period. (actually at the 6/7 point of the 1st week at the start
of the 7th day) Why the difference. We could start to count the weeks when we
start to count the days at the beginning of the period, ie, something like
the following: hayom yom echod bashavuo rishona etc.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kol Tuv</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chaim Manaster</FONT></DIV>
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