{"id":5820,"date":"2010-02-02T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T05:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=5820"},"modified":"2010-02-02T07:00:48","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T05:00:48","slug":"05-02-07","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-02-07\/","title":{"rendered":"7 \u2013 One Who forgets to Count an Entire Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Rishonim<\/i> debate [the nature of] the Omer count.\u00a0 According to the Behag, it is one long mitzvah stretching from Pesach to Shavu\u2019ot, as it says, Seven weeks; they shall be complete<\/i> (VaYikra<\/i> 23:15).\u00a0 Therefore, one who forgets to count one day forfeits the mitzvah and may not count thereafter.\u00a0 However, most poskim<\/i> maintain that each night\u2019s count is a separate mitzvah.\u00a0 Hence, one who forgets to count one day loses that day\u2019s mitzvah alone, and he must continue counting the next day, with a blessing (Tosafot, Rosh, Ritva, and more).<\/p>\n

In practice, the halachic authorities have determined that even if one forgets to count an entire day, he must continue counting thereafter, in accordance with the majority opinion (that each day stands alone). \u00a0However, he counts without a blessing, in deference to the opinion that holds that the entire count is one mitzvah (and when he misses a day, he forfeits the mitzvah).\u00a0 Thus, in order not to, possibly, recite a blessing in vain, he counts each subsequent day without a blessing (Sh.A.<\/i> 489:8).<\/p>\n

And in order not to forfeit the blessing, one who misses a day must have in mind to fulfill his obligation by way of hearing the cantor\u2019s blessing.[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

This halachah<\/i> demonstrates the tension that accompanies the Omer count.\u00a0 After all, one who skips a day breaks, to a certain degree, the chain that connects the holiday of Pesach to that of Shavu\u2019ot, and forfeits the blessing.\u00a0 It is very important to connect Pesach, which represents holy Jewish nationalism, with Shavu\u2019ot, the day we received the Torah, for Torah cannot exist without the Jewish people and the Jewish people cannot exist without Torah.<\/p>\n

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\n[6]<\/a>. Further elaboration on this topic:\u00a0 According to the Behag, one who forgets to count a day forfeits the mitzvah, because his count lacks completeness.\u00a0 Rav Sa\u2019adya Gaon holds that only one who forgets to count the first day forfeits the mitzvah, while one who skips any other day may continue counting with a blessing.\u00a0 Tosafot (Menachot<\/i> 66a) write that the Behag\u2019s opinion is puzzling, [stating] instead that every day is a separate mitzvah.\u00a0 This is also the opinion of the Ri, Rosh, Ritva, and others.\u00a0 The Tur writes that Rav Hai Gaon also agrees.\u00a0 In addition, R. Yitzchak (\u201cRitz\u201d) Giat writes in the name of Rav Hai Gaon that one who misses a day should count the appropriate number the next day and then make up for the missed count by saying, \u201cAnd yesterday was so-and-so.\u201d\u00a0 In practice, we take the Behag\u2019s opinion into account.\u00a0 Therefore, one who forgets to count a day continues counting without a blessing; so writes the Shulchan Aruch (489:8).\u00a0 However, some Acharonim<\/i> rule like the majority of Geonim<\/i> and Rishonim<\/i> that one who forgets can continue counting with a blessing.\u00a0 This is found in She\u2019arim Metzuyanim BeHalachah<\/i> 120:7.\u00a0 Still, as mentioned above, most Acharonim<\/i> hold that one should continue counting without a blessing.<\/p>\n

One could ask: why do we say a blessing every day according to the Behag?\u00a0 We are forced to say that even he admits that each day constitutes a separate mitzvah.\u00a0 It\u2019s just that skipping a day mars the completeness of the count, making it impossible to continue counting.\u00a0 The Chida writes (Avodat HaKodesh<\/i> 7:217) that one who knows [in advance] that he will miss a day \u2013 due to some uncontrollable circumstance \u2013 should omit the blessing from the start, because, according to the Behag, all of his blessings will be in vain.\u00a0 Most poskim<\/i>, however, rule that he should count with a blessing until that day, because even the Behag (with whom the vast majority of Rishonim<\/i> disagree) holds that the blessings made prior to the omission are not in vain (Kin\u2019at Sofrim, Rav Poalim<\/i> O.C.<\/i> 3:32).\u00a0 This cannot be compared to a zavah<\/i>\u2019s count, about which Tosafot explain that no blessing is recited because if her count is nullified [by seeing new blood] the entire count is invalidated.\u00a0 [The difference being] that even if one forgets to count a day, the count continues and Shavu\u2019ot arrives on the fiftieth day.\u00a0 Therefore, all the days that he counted without interruption were counted properly and the blessings [were warranted].\u00a0 Only after missing a day, when the person himself will no longer count successively, does the Behag hold that [the blessing should be omitted because] the count is not \u201ccomplete.\u201d\u00a0 See Piskei Teshuvot<\/i> 489:22.<\/p>\n

One who forgot to count a day and needs to lead the prayers (because he has a yahrtzeit<\/i>, for example) should ask someone else to recite the blessing and count [out loud], even though this will cause him discomfort [seeing that everyone will realize that he missed a day].\u00a0 Others claim that in order to avoid embarrassment, one may rely on the majority of poskim<\/i> who maintain that even one who forgets a day is obligated to count and may [even] recite the blessing on behalf of others.\u00a0 See Piskei Teshuvot<\/i> 489:20.\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Rishonim debate [the nature of] the Omer count.\u00a0 According to the Behag, it is one long mitzvah stretching from Pesach to Shavu\u2019ot, as it says, Seven weeks; they shall be complete (VaYikra 23:15).\u00a0 Therefore, one who forgets to count one day forfeits the mitzvah and may not count thereafter.\u00a0 However, most poskim maintain that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-05-02"],"yoast_head":"\n7 \u2013 One Who forgets to Count an Entire Day - Peninei Halakha<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/05-02-07\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"7 \u2013 One Who forgets to Count an Entire Day - 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