If you wish to follow the Counting of the Omer, there are two resources available for you. The first was written by Max Amichai Heppner – or second, you may choose the more conservative version written by Rabbi Simon Jacobson.
Thursday, April 23, 2020 – 29 Nisan 5780 – Omer day 14
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)
Friday, April 24, 2020 – 30 Nisan 5780 – Omer day 15
Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59
Metzora: Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33
The eruption of tzoras in the house requires emptying, removal of stones, scraping, plastering, and dismantling when necessary.
Begin to see the light in the darkness, the gift in each problem, and positive opportunity in every negative situation. (Method, p. 25)
Saturday, April 25, 2020 – 1 Iyar 5780 – Omer day 16
Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59
Metzora: Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33
These are the laws spoken to Moses and Aaron regarding defilement from unclean bodily emissions.
To love yourself is to affirm the beauty and spirit of your body. (Creativity, p. 273)
Sunday, April 26, 2020 – 2 Iyar 5780 – Omer day 17
Ahare Mot: Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30
Kedoshim: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27
The Lord speaks to Moses after the death of Aaron’s sons.
Nobility is the earth; it is the ground from which all life is born, upon which all life stands, and through which all life passes and is reborn. (Method, p. 26)
Monday, April 27, 2020 – 3 Iyar 5780 – Omer day 18
Ahare Mot: Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30
Kedoshim: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27
Aaron goes into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement for himself, his household, and all Israel.
Cleave to the presence of holiness; move beyond self-awareness and self-consciousness to the momentary stillness and vast emptiness where there is nothing but God. (Creativity, p. 286)
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 – 4 Iyar 5780 – Omer day 19 – Yom Hazikaron
Ahare Mot: Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30
Kedoshim: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27
The Lord gives the law for the Day of Atonement, a solemn day each year when the priest makes atonement for the Israelites for all their sins.
Forgiving has less to do with another and more to do with giving to yourself – giving yourself the freedom to release tightness, let go of competition, unveil illusions of boundaries and limits. (Compassion, p. 141)
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 – 5 Iyar 5780 – Omer day 20 – Yom Ha’Atzmaut
Ahare Mot: Leviticus 16:1 – 18:30
Kedoshim: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27
The Lord speaks to Moses regarding sexual conduct and the laws of sexual morality.
Receive your own body, honor your own sexuality, and open to God as a partner, lover, and friend. In the process, you touch a part of humanity that commingles with the benevolent energies of a loving God and creates ecstatic, joyous living. (Creativity, p. 275)
