Sunday, May 16, 2021

Counting the Omer 2020 - Day Forty-four

Day Forty-four

6th of Sivan 5781 – from sundown on May 16th to sundown on May 17th, 2021

Begin by reciting the following 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.
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 ארבעה וארבעים יום שהם ששה שבועות ושני ימים לעמר
Hayom arba'ah v'arba'im yom, sh'hem shishah shavuot u-shnei yamim la'omer.
Today is the forty-fourth day, making six weeks and two days of the Omer.

Psalm 67: 1-4a  (NKJV 49 word Paraphrase)
God be merciful to us, Bless us and cause His face to shine upon us. That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all the nations.  Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all people praise You. Let them be glad and sing for joy!  
Psalm 111: 
Praise the Lord! I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, In the assembly of the upright and in the congregation. The works of the Lord are great, Studied by all who have pleasure in them. His work is honorable and glorious, And His righteousness endures forever. He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; The Lord is gracious and full of compassion. He has given food to those who fear Him; He will ever be mindful of His covenant. He has declared to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations. The works of His hands are verity and justice; All His precepts are sure. They stand fast forever and ever, And are done in truth and uprightness. He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant forever: Holy and awesome is His name. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments. His praise endures forever. 

Prayer for day 44: 
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 forty-fourth day of the counting of the omer, we remember Your bountiful kindnesses to the Israelites, how when they camped near the mountain of God you reunited Moses with his wife Zipporah and their sons Gershom and Eliezer and his father-in-law Jethro. And we remember how when Moses recounted to Jethro all the great things that You had done for Israel, they held a great celebration rejoicing and sacrificing to You and Jethro gained a new understanding of You declaring you to be preeminent above all Gods. We humbly ask that You in the same way, restore our families and heal any broken relationships and that members of our families who do not know you may through our testimonies gain a new understanding of You and claim You as Lord in their lives. Amen.
After the reciting the prayer, continue to pray and meditate on how when he was reunited with his wife and sons Moses rejoiced in thanksgiving and how Moses’ father-in-law, when he heard of the great wonders God had done for His people, declared Yähwè preeminent above all gods. 

The Sefirot for Day forty-four is: Gevurah of Malchut: Strength (discipline) in Kingship (Nobility). Effective leadership must be established in authority and discipline. In order to do this we must determine our sphere of influence, i.e., where we have jurisdiction, so that we may properly exercise authority with discipline. 

Suggested activity for today: Examine your area of authority and consider what authoritative position you should take in order to rectify a wrong or improve something that is in need of improvement.

Selections for further reading include the special readings for Shavuot – 2nd Reading
Exodus 19: 7-13; Deuteronomy 15:1-18; Jer 31:33
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Heb 8:7-10



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