This week we feature Pirkei Avot 1:14 with a camp favorite by Beth Schafer. Ok, you know Beth, but if you want to know more about her as a songwriter, visit her website by clicking here .
He [Rabbi Hillel] used to say: If I am not for me, who will be for me? And when I am for myself alone, what am I? And if not now, then when?
Baruch Ata Adonai Eloheinu Melech ha’olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al sefirat ha’Omer. Blessed are You Adonai, Sovereign of all, who hallows us with mitzvot, commanding us to count the Omer.
Today is the 26th day, which is 3 weeks and 5 days of the Omer.