Today is Twenty-Four Days of the Omer • The Text of Sefiras HaOmer and a Prayer

The Order of Sefiras HaOmer (the 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 perfect unity, in the name of all Israel. Behold, I am prepared and ready to fulfill the positive commandment of Sefiras HaOmer (counting of 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 the work of our hands, establish it for us, and the work of our hands, establish it.

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 twenty-four days, which are three weeks and three days of the Omer.

For the Conductor, with string music, 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 be glad 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, in order to purify us from our husks 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," so that the souls of Your people Israel may be purified from their defilement. And so, may it be Your will, Hashem our G-d and G-d of our fathers, that in the merit of the Sefiras HaOmer that I counted today, that which I have damaged in the Sefirah of Tiferet shebeNetzach (Beauty within Victory) shall be rectified, and I shall be purified and sanctified with the holiness of Above. Through this, may an abundant flow of blessing be influenced 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 Tiferet shebeNetzach, for reading and download:

Master of the Universe, Almighty One, from Whom no purpose can be withheld, merit me to the attribute of "Beauty (Tiferet) to him who performs it, and beauty (Tiferet) to him from man." And may I merit to be victorious (lenatzeach), like Devorah and Yael who were reincarnations of Moses and Tzipporah [Megaleh Amukot 87], and just as Devorah ascended Mount Tabor and opened with a song (shirah), and through this all the sins of Israel were forgiven, as it is said, "When breaches are made in Israel" (Bifroa Praot B'Yisrael) — that all their sins were exacted (nifre'u), for at the moment one begins with song, immediately all transgressions are forgiven. And may the verse be fulfilled: "I will pursue my enemies and overtake them, and I will not return until they are destroyed," for King David praised and said, "I will pursue my enemies and overtake them, and I will not return until they are destroyed; I will crush them like the mud of the streets, I will stamp them down." And may I merit to crush all my enemies "grind it thoroughly, thoroughly grind it" (haddek heitev heitev haddek - a reference to the incense preparation), and through this may I merit to purify the air of the world from all the thoughts of the wicked, as it is said, "Harass the Midianites and strike them, for they harassed you with their plots." And may I merit to subdue all those whose cruelty has no end, and may the verse be fulfilled in them: "And I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed, for Hashem dwells in Zion."

From the book destined to be published with G-d's help, containing all the prayers of the Rav shlit"a for the days of Sefiras HaOmer. For donations and dedications: 0533189062

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