We have a quaint formula to state during S'fira:
"Last night we counted X"
Ostensibly the purpose is to avoid stating the current count before the b'rachah.
[Just to be a wise-guy I announced on the first night of S'fira: "Last Night we counted Zero"]. <LOL>
Yet I noticed a secondary gain using this formula and I wish to share this insight...
As per the Sefer HaChinuch, 306 one may make up a skipped day by counting
"Emesh Hayu Kach"
So aside from avoiding the negative, there is also a positive gain
Meaning:
A. We avoid the negative of inadvertently counting before the B'rachah
AND
B In case we MIGHT have missed the previous evening's count, we have successfully effected a tashlumim, thereby completing t'mimot.
Win-Win
Shalom and Regards,
RRW
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