Today is 5th day of the Omer.

Heh (Hei) is the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet ; Numerical value: 5 
Pictograph: Man with arms raised

Meanings: Look, Reveal, Breath

Sound: H, eh

By Jeff A. Benner The Ancient Hebrew

Below photo of the Name YHWH, consisting of the sequence of consonants Yod, Heh, Waw, and Heh, is known as the tetragrammaton.

Begin each night’s count with the blessing:
Hebrew: “Baruch atah YAHWEH Eloheinu Melekh Ha-olam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al S’firat Ha-omer.”

(English: Blessed are You, YAHWEH our Elohim, King of the Universe who sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us to count the Omer.) 

Please click The Refiner’s Fire 2022 Omer

Psalm 119:33-40 TLV

HEY ה

³³ Teach me the way of Your decrees, Adonai,
and I will follow them to the end.
³⁴ Give me understanding,
that I may keep Your Torah
and observe it with all my heart.
³⁵ Help me walk in the path of Your mitzvot—
for I delight in it.
³⁶ Turn my heart to Your testimonies
and not to dishonest gain.
³⁷ Turn my eyes away from gazing at vanity
but revive me in Your ways.
³⁸ Fulfill Your word to Your servant,
which leads to reverence for You.
³⁹ Make the disgrace I dread pass away,
for Your judgments are good.
⁴⁰ Behold, I long for Your precepts.
Revive me by Your righteousness.

By Rabbi Simon Jacobson

Tonight, Wednesday night, April 20, 2022, we count five days of the Omer.

---

Day Five: Hod of Chesed

Humility in Lovingkindness

You can often get locked in love and be unable to forgive your beloved or to bend or compromise your position. Hod introduces the aspect of humility in love; the ability to rise above yourself and forgive or give in to the one you love just for the sake of love even if you’re convinced that you’re right. Arrogant love is not love.

Does love humble me? Am I arrogant notwithstanding – or sometimes, because I have the capacity to love? Do I realize that the ability to love comes from a greater, higher place; from G-d? And knowing that shouldn’t I enter into any love with total humility, recognizing the great privilege of being able to love. Do I realize that through love I receive more than I give? Do I appreciate the one I love for this?

Exercise for the day: Swallow your pride and reconcile with a loved one you have quarreled with.