Day Twenty-one
12th of Iyyar 5781 – from sundown on April 23rd to sundown on April 24th, 2021
Shabbat - Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
Shabbat - Parashat Achrei Mot-Kedoshim
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 אחד ועשרים יום שהם שלשה שבועות לעמר
Hayom echad v'esrim yom, sh'hem shloshah shavuot la'omer.
Today is the twenty-first day, making three weeks of the Omer.
Psalm 67: (Hebrew Names Version)
May God be merciful to us, bless us,
And cause his face to shine on us. Selah.
That your way may be known on eretz,
And your yeshu`ah among all nations,
Let the peoples praise you, God.
Let all the peoples praise you.
Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy,
For you will judge the peoples with equity,
And govern the nations on eretz. Selah.
And govern the nations on eretz. Selah.
Let the peoples praise you, God.
Let all the peoples praise you.
The eretz has yielded its increase.
God, even our own God, will bless us.
God will bless us.
All the ends of the eretz shall fear him.
Psalm 119:169-176: (NKJV) ת Tav
Let my cry come before You, O Lord; Give me understanding according to Your word. Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. My lips shall utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes. My tongue shall speak of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness. Let Your hand become my help, For I have chosen Your precepts. I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight. Let my soul live, and it shall praise You; And let Your judgments help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments.
Prayer for day 21:
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 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. 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-first day of the counting of the omer, we remember your bountiful kindnesses to the Israelites, how after you delivered them from slavery in Egypt, and brought them to a place of rest at Elim where they became complacent and self-satisfied. And we remember how you commanded us to remember and keep your Sabbaths. Today being the Sabbath, we delight in your commandments, in your rest and in your sacred feast. 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-one is: Malchut of Tiferet: Kingship (Nobility) in Beauty (compassion). When all the other six aspects of the expression of beauty in compassion for another human being are combined, the result is the elevation of human dignity to a truly noble condition.
Suggested activity for today: Rather than just giving charity, help someone in a way that helps that person help them self so that their dignity is strengthened.
Suggested reading from the weekly Torah portion: Acharei Mot/Kedoshim - 7th reading: Lev 20:8-27
Haftarah Reading: Ezekiel 20:2 - 20:20 (Sephardim)
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Matt 15:1-11; Eph 4:17-5:5; 1 Pet 2:11-12; 4:3
Haftarah Reading: Ezekiel 20:2 - 20:20 (Sephardim)
Suggested reading from the Brit Hadashah: Matt 15:1-11; Eph 4:17-5:5; 1 Pet 2:11-12; 4:3
Go to Counting the Omer 2021 - Week Four
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