BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is day fifty. Chag Shavuot Sameach! Exodus 20:20 “Do not fear; for God has come to test you, and that His fear may be before you, so that you may not sin.” At the foot of Mount Sinai, on the

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-nine days, which is seven weeks of the Omer. In Deuteronomy 16:10 and 16, Scripture instructs us, "Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with the tribute of a

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-eight days, which is six weeks and six days of the Omer. Today’s meditation on Malchut (majesty) originates in this week’s Torah portion Exodus 20:12 “Honor your father and your

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-seven days, which is six weeks and five days of the Omer. We are considering the connection between humility (hod) in nobility (malchut). Whatever measure of sovereignty and indepe

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-six days, which is six weeks and four days of the Omer. Netzach of Malchut is such a powerful characteristic to perfect, and it may be one of the hardest to perfect. The Hebr

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-five days, which is six weeks and three days of the Omer. We are getting closer to our destination – Mt. Sinai. The children of Israel had complained and endured HaShem’s anger and

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe, who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-four days, which is six weeks and two days of the Omer. Numbers 4:5 “5 When the camp prepares to journey, Aaron and his sons shall come, and they shall take down the covering veil a

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-no al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-three days, which is six weeks and one day of the Omer. “Therefore, I will now allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. From there, I will give her he

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-two days, which is six weeks of the Omer. In a world that can seem unpredictable—the ground beneath us shifting and the "sun" of our security darkened—we are invited into a greater

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty-one days, which is five weeks and six days of the Omer. ‘I will betroth you to Me forever; and I will betroth you to Me with righteousness, with justice, with kindness and with m

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is forty days, which is five weeks and five days of the Omer. Today is the 40th day in the counting of the Omer, a day of great significance for followers of Messiah Yeshua. It is the day o

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-nine days, which is five weeks and four days of the Omer. Today's meditation on Yesod (foundation) comes from Matthew 24:35: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-eight days, which is five weeks and three days of the Omer. Today, we are examining Harmony within Bonding. “For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-seven days, which is five weeks and two days of the Omer. “And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-six days, which is five weeks and one day of the Omer. “I, ADONAI, search the heart; I test inner motivations; in order to give to everyone what his actions and conduct deserve.”

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-five days, which is five weeks of the Omer. Leviticus 26:23-24 “23 ‘And if by these things you are not reformed by Me, but walk contrary to Me, 24 then I also will walk contrary to

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-four days, which is four weeks and six days of the Omer. "Thus says HaShem (LORD, יהוה), “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind and makes flesh his strength, and whose heart tur

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-three days, which is four weeks and five days of the Omer. ‘Blessed is the one who trusts in Adonai, whose confidence is in Adonai. For he will be like a tree planted by the wate

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-noo al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-two days, which is four weeks and four days of the Omer. Today’s meditation comes from HafTarah Jeremiah 17:7-8 7 “Blessed is the man who trusts in YHVH, and whose hope is YH

BLESSING FOR COUNTING THE OMER: Baruch ata Adonai, ELOHEYNU melech ha-olam, asher kiddeshanu bidvarecha v’tzi-va-no al sifeerat ha-omer. Blessed are you, O Adonai our GOD, King of the universe Who has sanctified us by your Word and commanded us concerning the Counting of the Omer. Today is thirty-one days, which is four weeks and three days of the Omer. “Blessed is the man who trusts in Adonai; Adonai will be his security. He will be like a tree planted near water; it spreads