Day Twenty-eight
19th of Iyyar 5781 – from sundown on April 30th to sundown on May 1st, 2021
Shabbat - Parashat Emor
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 שמונה ועשרים יום שהם ארבעה שבועות לעמר
Hayom shemonah v'esrim yom, sh'hem arba'ah shavuot la'omer.
Today is the twenty-eighth day, making four weeks of the Omer.
Psalm 67: (NKJV)
God be merciful to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us. Selah.
That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations. Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy! For You shall judge the people righteously, And govern the nations on earth. Selah
Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations. Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy! For You shall judge the people righteously, And govern the nations on earth. Selah
Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. Then the earth shall yield her increase; God, our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us, And all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.
Psalm 63: 1-8:
A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water. So I have looked for You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, My lips shall praise You. Thus I will bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips. When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. Because You have been my help, Therefore in the shadow of Your wings I will rejoice. My soul follows close behind You; Your right hand upholds me.
Prayer for day 28:
Our Father, we implore You, by the awesome power of Your right hand, accept the prayers of your people; strengthen and purify us, Awesome and Mighty King of the Universe, we beseech you, that You guard as the apple of Your eye Your people Israel. Bless them, cleanse them; bestow upon them forever Your merciful kindness. Powerful, Holy One, we humbly ask that You Strengthen us! Give us courage to stand against the evil powers of this world and the forces of darkness. Heal our land that has been defiled by the shedding of innocent blood and help our nation to turn back to you. Accept our supplication and hear our cry, יְהוָ֖ה Yehovah, You who knows the secret thoughts. Blessed be the name of the glory of His kingdom forever and ever.
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 twenty-eighth day of the counting of the omer, we remember your bountiful kindnesses to the Israelites, how they forgot the great miracles you performed and the acts of love you showered on them becoming self-reliant and self-serving. And we remember how in the fourth week after He arose, Yeshua continued to reveal Himself to His disciples and preparing them for the momentous events that were soon to come. We humbly ask that You in the same way, prepare and help us to become the kingly and priestly people you desire so that your purposes may be perfected in our lives. Amen.
After the reciting the prayer, continue to pray and meditate on how after the Israelites became complacent and self-reliant at Elim, they left and then failed to remember the miracles God had performed on their behalf. Pray that God will be merciful with us when we are complacent, self-reliant and fail to remember our commitments.
The Sefirot for Day twenty-eight is: Malchut of Netzach: Kingship (Nobility) in Endurance.
Perhaps the most obvious qualification of sovereignty is the ability to endure extreme hardship. When all the other six aspects of endurance are combined, noble worth is preeminent.
Perhaps the most obvious qualification of sovereignty is the ability to endure extreme hardship. When all the other six aspects of endurance are combined, noble worth is preeminent.
Suggested activity for today: Ask yourself, what is the most noble cause I believe in and take some significant action to support it.
Suggested reading from the weekly Torah portion: Emor – 7th reading: Leviticus 24:1-23
Haftarah Reading: Ezekiel 44:15-31
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Matt 5:38-42; 12:1-8; Mark 3:28-29
Haftarah Reading: Ezekiel 44:15-31
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Matt 5:38-42; 12:1-8; Mark 3:28-29
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