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The daily Hayom Yom with Rabbi Yosef Katzman · May 3, 2026 · 8m

Day 32 of the Omer

אֵין אוֹמְרִים צִדְקָתְךָ

[When the eve of Lag BaOmer falls on Shabbos,] the passage beginning Tzidkas’cha is omitted in the Afternoon Service.

בִּקְרִיאַת שְׁמַע שֶׁיֵּשׁ אוֹמְרִים בַּבּוֹקֶר — קוֹדֶם הַתְּפִלָּה

In the Shema that some people recite in the morning before the Morning Service

כְּדֵי לָצֵאת חוֹבַת קְרִיאַת שְׁמַע בִּזְמַנָּהּ

in order to fulfill their obligation to recite the Shema at the proper time,

גַּם כֵּן כּוֹפְלִים ג' הַתֵּיבוֹת

the [last] three words are repeated — [as is also done when reciting the Shema in the course of the Morning Service, if one…