Lechem
Sefiras haOmer — the count, and not missing a night
Tonight's count, in the right form, at the right time of night — and an honest record of whether last night was actually counted, because that is the question the whole thing turns on.
Lechem is a helper and a reminder. It is never a ruling. For anything halachic, ask your Rav.
Forty-nine nights, and the whole of it can turn on one of them. That is what makes the Omer the single most tracked thing in a Jewish year, and the single most anxious.
Lechem carries the count and knows the night. It does not roll over at midnight like a phone calendar; it rolls over when the day does. So opening the app at half past eleven and opening it at half past twelve give you the same, correct answer.
It keeps an honest record of what was counted, which is the part that matters. If a night was missed, Lechem says a night was missed. It does not tick the box for you, and it does not decide what follows from that — whether you continue with a bracha is a question for your Rav, and Lechem says so instead of answering it.
It comes to the front in its season and steps back afterwards. Between Pesach and Shavuos it is one of the first things you see; the rest of the year it stays in the app, findable, and out of the way.
In the app
The screens this page is about, with the app’s own names for them.
- Sefiras haOmer