One Who Forgot to Count the Omer

One Who Forgot to Count the Omer Day: Tuesday Date: April 14, 2015 Parshat: Shemini Yalkut Yosef: 489 The Torah instructs us to count the Sefirat Haomer for seven complete weeks. Some Poskim hold therefore that if a person forgot to count the Omer one night of the seven weeks he has not fulfilled the mitzvah since the seven weeks are not complete. Other Poskim hold that each night is a mitzvah in its own right. Therefore a person who forgot to count the Omer and didnt remember until the next night may not say the beracha on the following nights, although he still needs to count. Likewise a person who counted the wrong day also cannot count with a beracha on the following nights. If a person forgot to count at night but remembered the next day, he may still count with a beracha that night. Even if he missed many nights but counted them all during the day, he may continue counting with a beracha. Parents should teach their boys to count the Sefirat Haomer with a beracha so that the kids will be experienced and get used to doing the mitzvah properly. If a child under Bar Mitzvah forgot to count the Omer one night, he should continue counting with a beracha on the following nights. The DSH is brought to you in memory of Rabbi Mordechai ben Daniel. Please visit us online at sephardichalacha.org