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The Rambam emphasizes that if you didn’t say the bracha on Sefirat HaOmer you don’t need to repeat sefirah with a bracha. Rav Moshe Shapiro asks in \u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05dd: Of course – a bracha is never \u05de\u05e2\u05db\u05d1? The Machzor Vitry rules that if you counted without a bracha you can repeat sefirah with a bracha. Why – is the bracha part and parcel of the mitzvah?<\/p>\n

Why does the \u05ea\u05d5\u05db\u05d7\u05d4 contained in \u05d1\u05d7\u05d5\u05e7\u05d5\u05ea\u05d9 have to be read right before Shavuot? Why did the students of Rebbe Akiva die during Sefirat HaOmer? What is the connection between the 24,000 students of Rebbe Akiva and the 24,000 casualties in the plague that resulted from the sin of Baal Peor in Sefer Bamidbar?<\/p>\n

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The Rambam emphasizes that if you didn’t say the bracha on Sefirat HaOmer you don’t need to repeat sefirah with a bracha. Rav Moshe Shapiro asks in \u05d0\u05e4\u05d9\u05e7\u05d9 \u05de\u05d9\u05dd: Of course – a bracha is never \u05de\u05e2\u05db\u05d1? The Machzor Vitry rules that if you counted without a bracha you can repeat sefirah with a bracha. 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