Day Twenty
11th of Iyyar 5781 – from sundown on April 22nd to sundown on April 23rd, 2021
Begin by reciting the blessing:
ברוך אתה יהוה אלוהינו , מלך העולם , אשר קדשנו במצותי
וציונו עלי לספירת העומר
Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha'Olam asher kid'shanu b'mitzvotav
v'tizivanu al sefirat ha'omer.
v'tizivanu al sefirat ha'omer.
Blessed are you, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with your commandments and commanded us to count the omer.
Recite the day of the count:
היום עשרים יום שהם שני שבועות וששה ימים לעמר
Hayom esrim yom, sh'hem shnei shavuot v'shishah yamim la'omer.
Today is the twentieth day, making two weeks and six days of the Omer.
Psalm 67: (Jubilee Bible 2000)
God be merciful unto us and bless us and cause his face to shine upon us. Selah.
That thy way may be known upon the earth, thy saving health among all the Gentiles.
Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee. O let the Gentiles be glad and sing for joy, for thou shalt judge the people righteously and shepherd the Gentiles upon the earth. Selah.
Let the peoples praise thee, O God; let all the peoples praise thee. Then shall the earth bring forth her fruit, and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall fear him.
Psalm 119:161-168: (NKJV) ש Shin
Princes persecute me without a cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your word. I rejoice at Your word As one who finds great treasure. I hate and abhor lying, But I love Your law. Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous judgments. Great peace have those who love Your law, And nothing causes them to stumble. Lord, I hope for Your salvation, And I do Your commandments. My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly. I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You.
Prayer for day 20:
Heavenly Father, we humbly ask that You preserve and protect Your people who are called by your holy Name. Forgive us, shine your face on us and heal our land that has been defiled by the shedding of innocent blood. Sovereign of the universe, You have commanded us through Moses Your servant to count the days of the omer, in order to purify and cleanse us. Therefore, may it be Your will, Lord our God and God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, that in the counting of the omer which I (we) have counted today, I (we) may be purified and sanctified. And through my (our) obedience to your commandments, may Your abundant bounty be granted all the world. May it rectify our soul and our spirit from every impurity and evil intent, and may it purify and sanctify us with all your holiness.
Abba, father, on this, the twentieth day of the counting of the omer, we remember your bountiful kindnesses to the Israelites, how after you delivered them from slavery in Egypt, you brought them to a place of rest at Elim where they became complacent and self-satisfied. And we remember how Yeshua when He met with the apostles by the Sea of Tiberius, lovingly restored Peter after his repeated betrayal, so that he could resume his intended mission, to lead the formation of Yeshua’s community of believers and launch what was to become the Church, the “Body of Christ.” We humbly ask that You in the same way, refine us and in every way make us worthy to continue this great work today in our time. Amen.
After the reciting the prayer, continue to pray and meditate on the mysterious miracle of the catch of one hundred and fifty-three fish and on the restoration of Simon Peter. Pray that God will allow you to realize your full potential and His amazing plan for your life.
The Sefirot for Day twenty is: Yesod of Tiferet: Bonding in Beauty (compassion). For compassion to be fully realized, there needs to be a coming together - a lasting bonding between the person giving and the one receiving. This lasting relationship may very well be the most important result of all.
Suggested activity for today: Create an opportunity for a new friendship or strengthen an existing one through a deliberate act of compassion.
Suggested reading from the weekly Torah portion: Acharei Mot/Kedoshim
6th reading: Leviticus 19:33-20:7; Haftarah Reading: Amos 9:7 - 9:15 (Ashkenazim)
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Mat 22:33-40; 1Pet 4:8-9; Rom 13:9-10;
Luke 10:25-37; 1 John 2:9-11; Rom 8:1-4; John 11:25-26
6th reading: Leviticus 19:33-20:7; Haftarah Reading: Amos 9:7 - 9:15 (Ashkenazim)
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Mat 22:33-40; 1Pet 4:8-9; Rom 13:9-10;
Luke 10:25-37; 1 John 2:9-11; Rom 8:1-4; John 11:25-26
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