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 79 The Passover Haggadah

pleased to strengthen us on this Sabbath day and) grant us joy on this Festival of Unleavened Bread. For thou, O Lord, art. good and beneficent to all; we thank thee for the land and the fruit of the vine. Blessed art thou, © Lord, for the land and the fruit of the vine. CLOSING PRAYER The Seder now ends according to rule, Complete in all detail, custom and law.

Just as we were favored to arrange it, So may we be granted to perform it.

© Pure One who art in the heights Make us a countless people once agai Speedily guide thou Israel redeemed, ‘To the land of Zion with joyful song.

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COUNTING THE OMER On the second night of Pesalt:

Iam ready and prepared to perform the positive command concerning the counting of the Omer, os it is written in the Torah: “You shall count from the day following the day of rest, from the day you brought the sheaf of the wave-offering; seven full weeks shall be counted; you shall count fifty days to the day following the seventh week.”

Blessed art thou, Lord our God, King of the universe, who hast sanctified us with thy commandments, and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer.

This is the first day of the Omer.

for the Sabbath before Passover and named van nav 110, this piyyut con- tains a summary of the rules and regulations regarding the day preceding Pesah and the Seder. The wording of mo bon is largely based on biblical expressions (Psalm 76:3; Numbers 23:10; Psalm 80:16; Isaiah 35:10).

‘mya nvpe, the counting of seven weeks from the day on which the omer was offered till Shavuoth, the Feast of Weeks, serves to connect the anniver- sary of the exodus from Egypt with the festival that commemorates the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai, According to tradition, it was announced

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