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 8, 2021 – 26 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 11
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 9, 2021 – 27 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 12
Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47
“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)
Saturday, April 10, 2021 – 28 Nisan 5781 – Omer day 13
Shemini: Leviticus 9:1 – 11:47
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)
Sunday, April 11, 2021 – 29 Nisan 5781 – 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)
Monday, April 12, 2021 – 30 Nisan 5781 – 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)
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 – 1 Iyar 5781 – 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)
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 – 2 Iyar 5781 – Omer day 17 – Yom Hazikaron
Tazria: Leviticus 12:1 – 13:59
Metzora: Leviticus 14:1 – 15:33
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)
