If you wish 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, May 9, 2019 – 4 Iyar 5779 – Omer day 19
Kedoshim: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27
Love your neighbor as yourself.
Leviticus 19:18
(Creativity, p. 277)
Friday, May 10, 2019 – 5 Iyar 5779 – Omer day 20
Kedoshim: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27
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 within yourself that acts with integrity, compassion, and openness. Imagine that God is embracing the purity of your soul with unconditional love. (Intention, p. 42)
Saturday, May 11, 2019 – 6 Iyar 5779 – Omer day 21
Kedoshim: Leviticus 19:1 – 20:27
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)
Sunday, May 12, 2019 – 7 Iyar 5779 – Omer day 22
Emor: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23
“Such is Holiness. I am Adonai, the Lord Who makes you Holy.”
There is holiness in all of existence. Holiness cannot be seen, yet sees all. It cannot be touched, yet touches all. It cannot be heard, yet its melody sings throughout creation. It is both in the world and of the world. Holiness is being in union with God and encountering spiritual union in all dimensions of life. (Intention, p. 52)
Monday, May 13, 2019 – 8 Iyar 5779 – Omer day 23
Emor: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23
Moses speaks to the sons of Aaron, giving additional laws for the priesthood and priestly behavior.
The greatest self-bondage is to forget you are of noble birth and majestic heritage. (Nobility, p. 298)
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 – 9 Iyar 5779 – Omer day 24
Emor: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23
Meditation on Remaining Conscious
Pause a moment and move your attention into your breath. As you move into the awareness of this moment, become conscious of your activities during the day thus far. Acknowledge those thoughts, words, and actions which were joined in partnership with your Divinity and those moments when you may have lost consciousness of this partnership. Use your imagination to change anything you may have wanted to change in your own thoughts, words, and actions today. (Glory, p. 238)
Wednesday, May 15, 2019 – 10 Iyar 5779 – Omer day 25
Emor: Leviticus 21:1 – 24:23
Moses proclaims to the Israelites the appointed times of God’s sacred occasions.
Synchronize the rhythm of your heart with the Divine heartbeat of the universe. Your body is encoded in the body of God; your soul is enveloped by God’s soul; your actions manifest Divine performance. (Creativity, p. 285)
