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 1, 2021 – 19 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 4
Pesach V
Freedom comes from within. It is nurtured in your soul. It is manifest in the way you view life and in the obstacles you choose to remove or place on your path. (Success, p. 231)
Friday, April 2, 2021 – 20 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 5
Pesach VI
Freedom is a result not of outside influences so much as of your inner spirit. One can have all the luxuries and wealth in the world and feel imprisoned; another can be locked away for a life sentence and feel free. (Success, p. 231)
Saturday, April 3, 2021 – 21 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 6
Pesach VII
The seventh day is the traditional day to recall the overtaking of the Israelites at the sea, and to remember those who perished. It is a holy convocation.
Freedom embraces the totality of life, the struggles and challenges of everyday life. (Success, p. 231)
Sunday, April 4, 2021 – 22 Nisan 5781 – Yizkor – Omer day 7
Pesach VIII
Observe yourself fully experiencing life, not hiding from it, but rather allowing the full gamut of feelings and possible situations. Accept what is. While experiencing life fully, you will notice that moments of bliss are hidden in the pain, moments of joy are hidden in the suffering, forms of life are hidden in death, and eternity is hidden in impermanence. (Compassion, p. 124)
Monday, April 5, 2021 – 23 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 8
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)
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 – 24 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 9
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)
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 – 25 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 10
Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47
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)
