Today is Nine Days, which are One Week and Two Days of the Omer • The Text of

The Order of Sefiras HaOmer (counting of the Omer):

For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, Blessed be He, and His Shechinah (Divine Presence), in awe and love, to unify the Name Yud-Kei with Vav-Kei in a perfect unity, in the name of all Israel. Behold, I am prepared and ready to fulfill the positive commandment of Sefiras HaOmer (counting the Omer), as it is written in the Torah: "And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the Shabbat, from the day that you brought the Omer of the wave offering; seven complete weeks shall they be. Until the morrow of the seventh Shabbat shall you count fifty days, and you shall offer a new meal-offering to Hashem." And may the pleasantness of Hashem our G-d be upon us, and may He establish the work of our hands for us; may He establish the work of our hands.

Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, Who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer.

Today is nine days, which are one week and two days of the Omer.

For the Conductor, with stringed instruments, a psalm, a song. May G-d be gracious to us and bless us, may He cause His face to shine upon us, Selah. That Your way may be known on earth, Your salvation among all nations. The peoples will thank You, O G-d, all the peoples will thank You. Nations will rejoice and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples justly and lead the nations on earth, Selah. The peoples will thank You, O G-d, all the peoples will thank You. The earth has yielded its harvest, G-d, our G-d, will bless us. G-d will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.

We beg You, with the strength of Your right hand's greatness, untie the bundled sins. Accept the prayer of Your people; strengthen us, purify us, O Awesome One. Please, O Mighty One, those who seek Your unity—guard them like the pupil of an eye. Bless them, purify them, may the mercy of Your righteousness always reward them. Powerful Holy One, in Your abundant goodness, lead Your congregation. Unique and Exalted One, turn to Your people, those who remember Your holiness. Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever.

Master of the Universe, You commanded us through Moses Your servant to count Sefiras HaOmer (the counting of the Omer), in order to purify us from our klipos (husks of impurity) and our impurities, as You have written in Your Torah: "And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the Shabbat, from the day that you brought the Omer of the wave offering; seven complete weeks shall they be. Until the morrow of the seventh Shabbat shall you count fifty days." This is so that the souls of Your people Israel may be purified from their contamination. And so, may it be Your will, Hashem our G-d and G-d of our fathers, that in the merit of Sefiras HaOmer that I counted today, that which I damaged in the Sefirah (Divine attribute) of Gevurah shebeGevurah (Strength within Strength) shall be rectified, and I shall be purified and sanctified with the holiness of Above. Through this, may abundant bounty be bestowed upon all the worlds, to rectify our Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshamah (levels of the soul) from every dross and blemish, and to purify us and sanctify us with Your supernal holiness, Amen Selah.

Before you is a prayer written by the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a for Gevurah shebeGevurah:

From the book destined to see light with the help of Hashem containing all the prayers of our teacher the Rav shlit"a for the days of Sefiras HaOmer. For donations and dedications: 0533189062

Master of the Universe, Almighty One, merit me through Sefiras HaOmer (the counting of the Omer) to attain true Ahavas Chaverim (love of friends), and specifically in "Gevurah shebeGevurah" (Strength within Strength) of Or Yashar (Direct Light), which corresponds to Yesod shebeYesod (Foundation within Foundation) of Or Chozer (Reflected Light). Therefore, help me in "Gevurah shebeGevurah" to overcome all my Yetzer Haras (evil inclinations), and let me no longer be enticed by any inclination, and let me no longer follow my Yetzer Hara (evil inclination). May I always merit to see that this is truly the Yetzer Hara itself, which wants to collapse me and make me fall in this world and in the World to Come. I will not be enticed by it in any way in the world anymore, and I will always overcome it perfectly, through the power of "Gevurah shebeGevurah" (Strength within Strength).