Today is 24th day of the Omer.


Matthew 5:34-35 TLV
[a] 34 But I tell you, do not swear at all—not by heaven, for it is the throne of God; 35 or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet;[b] or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King.
Footnotes
Matthew 5:34 Lev. 19:12.
Matthew 5:35 cf. Isa. 66:1(LXX).

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.) 

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Judgment from Heaven

Psalm 11 TLV

1 For the music director, a psalm of David.
In Adonai I have taken shelter.
How can you say to my soul:
“Fly like a bird to your mountain?
2 For look, the wicked bend the bow.
They fix their arrow on the bowstring
so they can shoot from the shadows
at those who are upright in heart.
3 If our foundations are destroyed,
what should the righteous do?”

4 Adonai is in His holy Temple.
Adonai’s throne is in heaven.[a]
His eyes are watching.
His eyelids observe the children of men.
5 Adonai examines the righteous.
But the wicked and one loving violence His soul hates.
6 On the wicked He will rain down fire, brimstone
    and scorching wind as the portion of their cup!
7 For Adonai is righteous—He loves justice.
The upright will see His face.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 11:4 cf. Matt. 5:34; Acts 7:49; Rev. 4:2.
By Rabbi Simon Jacobson
DAY 24     TIFERET OF NETZACH:
Compassion in Endurance
Monday evening, May 9  we count twenty-four days of the Omer.

Healthy endurance, directed to develop good qualities and modifying bad ones, will always be compassionate. The compassion of endurance reflects a most beautiful quality of endurance: an enduring commitment to help another grow. Endurance without compassion is misguided and selfish. Endurance needs to be not just loving to those who deserve love, but also compassionate to the less fortunate. Does my determination compromise my compassion for others? Am I able to rise above my ego and empathize with my competitors? Am I gracious in victory?

Exercise for the day:  Be patient and listen to someone who usually makes you impatient.