Day Thirty-three
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 שלשה ושלשים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות וחמשה ימים לעמר
Psalm 67: 1-4a (NKJV 49 word Paraphrase)
Psalm 91: 1-8:
Prayer for day 33:
After the reciting the prayer, continue to pray and meditate on how the Israelites were taught to only gather what they needed and to avoid hoarding. Pray that you will recognize when you are succumbing to greed or any tendency to hoard supplies.
The Sefirot for day thirty-three is: Hod of Hod: Humility in Humility. We must guard against obsequious behavior, fawning and ingratiating ourselves in an attempt to appear to defer to others in a servile and self-effacing way, thereby making ourselves out to be more humble and more unremarkable than we really feel.
Suggested activity for today: Examine your past efforts to show humility. Did they come from a genuine feeling of humility, or could they be perceived as merely an effort to be thought better of by others.
Suggested reading from the weekly Torah portion: Behar/Bechukotai – 5th reading: Lev 26:10-46
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Matt 9:16-17; John 1:14; Rom 11:28-30; 2 Cor 6:16
v'tizivanu al sefirat ha'omer.
Psalm 91: 1-8:
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked.
Prayer for day 33:
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 thirty-third day of the counting of the omer, we remember your kindnesses to the Israelites, how when they showed lack of faith in your ability to provide all they needed, grumbling to Moses and Aaron, you miraculously provided meat and bread – manna, and trained them to rely on your provision without hoarding. We humbly ask that You in the same way, remind us of how you have always provided all we need and train us to rely faithfully on your provision without the need for hoarding. Amen.
After the reciting the prayer, continue to pray and meditate on how the Israelites were taught to only gather what they needed and to avoid hoarding. Pray that you will recognize when you are succumbing to greed or any tendency to hoard supplies.
The Sefirot for day thirty-three is: Hod of Hod: Humility in Humility. We must guard against obsequious behavior, fawning and ingratiating ourselves in an attempt to appear to defer to others in a servile and self-effacing way, thereby making ourselves out to be more humble and more unremarkable than we really feel.
Suggested activity for today: Examine your past efforts to show humility. Did they come from a genuine feeling of humility, or could they be perceived as merely an effort to be thought better of by others.
Suggested reading from the weekly Torah portion: Behar/Bechukotai – 5th reading: Lev 26:10-46
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Matt 9:16-17; John 1:14; Rom 11:28-30; 2 Cor 6:16
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