(following up from [a previous question][1]) ___ If one counted Sefiras Haomer downwards, for example: > Today is 49 days, which is 7 weeks to the Omer... > Today is 48 days, which is 6 weeks and 6 days to the Omer... Albeit this is a non-traditional method, but practically speaking the person **did** count 7 weeks. **Would one fulfill their obligation of Counting the Omer this way?** ____ ##Note: I don't feel my question is similar to [this question][2] because (as pointed out [by DonielF][3]) I'm not asking **why** we count upwards (1-49) rather, if one would be ***yotzei*** counting Sefira if they counted down from 49-1 [1]: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/102136/why-do-we-count-up-1-49-instead-of-counting-down-49-1 [2]: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/1065/sefiras-haomer-counting-direction [3]: https://judaism.stackexchange.com/questions/102140/would-one-fulfill-sefiras-haomer-by-counting-downwards-49-1#comment341926_102140