Day Forty-one
3rd of Sivan 5781 – from sundown on May 13th to sundown on May 14th, 2021
Begin by reciting the blessing:
ברוך אתה יהוה אלוהינו , מלך העולם , אשר קדשנו במצותי
v'tizivanu al sefirat ha'omer.
Recite the day of the count:
היום אחד וארבעים יום שהם חמשה שבועות וששה ימים לעמר
Hayom echad v'arba'im yom, sh'hem chamishah shavuot v'shisha yamim la'omer.
Psalm 67: 1-4a (NKJV 49 word Paraphrase)
The Sefirot for day forty-one is: Yesod of Yesod: Bonding (foundation) in Bonding. We are all capable of and need to bond with others. We do not fully understand why, but we know that God wants to be in relationship with us as a community of believers, not just as individuals. If there are obstacles that are preventing you from forming bonding relationships with others such as inability to trust due to past experiences of injury, hurt or abuse you must ask the question “How do I cultivate the capacity to bond with others?”
Suggested activity for today: Commit to spending time regularly with a person with whom you would like to form a new bonding relationship. This is a challenge when we are isolated from one another as we are today. But there are many opportunities to spend time with others through phone, text, video chat, social media and even in person - at an acceptable "social distance."
Suggested reading from the weekly Torah portion: BaMidbar – 6th reading: Numbers 3:40-51
Haftarah reading for today: Hosea 1:10-2:20
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Luke 2:21-35
Begin by reciting the blessing:
v'tizivanu al sefirat ha'omer.
Recite the day of the count:
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-first day of the counting of the omer, we remember how during the sixth week after their deliverance from bondage, you proved through the miracle of the provision of water from a rock and the defeat of the Amalekites that you would provide for the Israelites in every need and circumstance. And we remember how Yeshua promised His disciples He would be with them always, and promised they would be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence. We thank you and we humbly ask that You in the same way, help us to trust your provision for our every need and protect us from every danger and threat in our lives today. Amen.
After the reciting the prayer, continue to pray and meditate on how God insures victory over the Amalekites - the archetypal enemy of the Jewish people. And how Yeshua commanded His disciples to go and make disciples among all who will accept His message. Are you one of His disciples?
The Sefirot for day forty-one is: Yesod of Yesod: Bonding (foundation) in Bonding. We are all capable of and need to bond with others. We do not fully understand why, but we know that God wants to be in relationship with us as a community of believers, not just as individuals. If there are obstacles that are preventing you from forming bonding relationships with others such as inability to trust due to past experiences of injury, hurt or abuse you must ask the question “How do I cultivate the capacity to bond with others?”
Suggested activity for today: Commit to spending time regularly with a person with whom you would like to form a new bonding relationship. This is a challenge when we are isolated from one another as we are today. But there are many opportunities to spend time with others through phone, text, video chat, social media and even in person - at an acceptable "social distance."
Suggested reading from the weekly Torah portion: BaMidbar – 6th reading: Numbers 3:40-51
Haftarah reading for today: Hosea 1:10-2:20
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Luke 2:21-35
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