Counting of the Omer – doubt about nightfall
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Question
On the seventh day of Pesach I did not manage to count the Omer on time, and I only remembered after sunset, when the festival had already ended. At 19:25 I counted “six days of the Omer” without a blessing. Did I fulfill my obligation, and may I continue to count on the following days with a blessing?
Answer
Shalom u-vracha.
You did not write where you were on the seventh day of Pesach, and sunset is at a different time in each place.
The general rule is that someone who did not count until a time that is of doubtful night (a question whether night has already begun) may continue to count on the following days with a blessing.
[The reason is that this is a “safek sefeika” (a double doubt): a doubt whether one who skipped a day must stop counting with a blessing, and a doubt that perhaps the counting in your case was still by day.]
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