If someone who is chayav in mitzvot does not have the ability to speak, (say, for example, he lost his tongue in a freak tennis accident,) can he count the Omer non-verbally, through sign language, writing, or by thinking it?
This question would apply to all mitzvot deorayta (biblical commandments) that require speech.
Answer
Shaalos U'Teshuvos Rabbi Akiva Eiger 29 says that someone who wrote the number of the day of Sefira he must count still with a Bracha והדבר ברור שצריך לחזור ולספור בברכה.
Birchei Yosef 489:14 discusses someone who wrote a letter and in the letter wrote the number of the day in Sefira - that he has to count with a Bracha לאו כמספר בפיו ולא עלתה לו.
However the Kaf HaChaim 489:84 says that if someone wrote the day in Sefira and forgot to day it he may continue saying it with a Bracha on the following days. This indicates that there is some value to writing.
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