49, 50!
We’ve been counting the days since the Pesach (Passover) Seder. 50 days after we were freed from Egypt (Mitzrayim- a place of narrow straits); we have been anticipating a major event at the foot of Mount Sinai. (Sorry- Mount Sinai is really NOT found within the “Sinai Peninsula”, more likely it’s part of Saudi Arabia, near an active volcano.) We were asked if we would accept the laws of the Supreme Being- to which our reply was “we will do and we will adhere”. Obviously, that was easier said than performed, because we’ve often failed to follow the 613 mitzvot- and some of us even fail the 10 Commandments.