If you wish follow the Counting of the Omer, there are two resources available for you. The first was written by our own Max Amichai Heppner – or second, you may choose the more conservative version written by Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
Thursday, April 12, 2018 – 27 Nisan 5778 – Yom HaShoah – Omer day 12
Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47
This day is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day.
The time for human sacrifice is over. Too many generations and too much negative energy were given over to the sacrifices of the past. It is time to release the lambs of God and to extinguish the fires of destruction. (Strength, p. 159)
Friday, April 13, 2018 – 28 Nisan 5778 – Omer day 13
Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47
The dietary laws are given to distinguish between the living thing that may be eaten and the living thing that may not be eaten, and thereby sanctify the people by avoiding the unclean.
Notice the many ways Infinite energy becomes a possibility in your life. It is possible in the way you care for your soul by the thoughts you think; in the way you nourish your body by the foods you eat; and in the way you nurture your relationships by the actions you take. (Intention, p. 47)
Saturday, April 14, 2018 – 29 Nisan 5778 – Omer day 14
Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47
“You shall sanctify yourselves and you shall become holy, for I am Holy.”
I believe that God created each one of us to be who we are and to continue to unfold the magnificence of who we are becoming. (Living Waters, p. 323)
Sunday, April 15, 2018 – 30 Nisan 5778 – Omer day 15
Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59
Metzora: Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33
Aaron and his sons are to see skin and its various eruptions and determine who is clean or unclean.
Witness without judging. In non-judgment, you observe with analyzing, accept without criticizing, and act with justice. (Strength, p. 155)
Monday, April 16, 2018 – 1 Iyar 5778 – Omer day 16
Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59
Metzora: Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33
“The Kohein shall see him, and behold, the skin eruption has turned white; the Kohein shall declare the skin eruption to be clean, he is clean.”
Upon rising in the morning, bless God for having created you with a soul that is pure. In saying to yourself, “My soul is pure,” you reach that place with yourself that acts with integrity, compassion, and openness. Imagine that God is embracing the purity of your soul with unconditional love. (Intention, p. 42)
Tuesday, April 17, 2018 – 2 Iyar 5778 – Omer day 17
Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59
Metzora: Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33
Laws are given for ritual purification after the eruption of tsoras.
The physical landscape of your life as you know it now will continuously change its shape and grow new forms as time moves on. Nothing stays the same; all things blossom, ascend, and steadily expand in their light and truth. (Wisdom, p. 81)
Wednesday, April 18, 2018 – 3 Iyar 5778 – Omer day 18
Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59
Metzora: Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33
The priest makes atonement before the Lord for the one being cleansed.
Healers, teachers, leaders, spirit beings, literate souls, and illiterate souls all have much in common. They can all create new environments of experience and effect positive, healing transformation in this world and in all worlds by simply forgiving and being forgiven. (Compassion, p. 139)
