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READINGS FOR OMER COUNT – DAY 48

Behold, I am about to fulfill the affirmative precept of the counting of the Omer, as it is written in the Torah:

“And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the Shabbath, from the day that ye brought the Omer of the wave-offering, seven complete weeks they shall be; until the morrow of the seventh Shabbath shall ye number fifty days.”

Blessed art Thou YHWH, our Elohym, King of the universe, who hast set us apart by Thy commandments and hast given us command concerning the counting of the Omer.

This is the forty-eighth day, making six weeks and six days of the Omer.

May the All Merciful restore the service of the Temple to its place. May it be Thy will, YHWH our Elohym and Elohym of our fathers, that the Temple be speedily rebuilt in our days, and grant our portion in Thy Torah. And there we will serve Thee with awe, as in the days of old and as in ancient years.

May Elohym be favorable unto us and bless us. That Thy way may be known upon the earth, Thy salvation among all nations. Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, Elohym; let all the peoples give thanks unto Thee. Let the nations rejoice and exult: for Thou wilt judge the peoples with equity and lead the nations upon the earth. Let the peoples give thanks unto Thee, Elohym; let all the peoples give thanks unto Thee. The earth hath yielded her increase: Elohym, even our Elohym, shall bless us. Elohym shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.

READINGS: TEHILLAH 142

I cry out to YHWH with my voice; I pray to YHWH with my voice.

I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare before Him my distress.

When my spirit grew faint within me, Then You know my path. In the way in which I walk They have hidden a trap for me.

Look to the right hand and see, And no one is concerned for me; No refuge remains to me; No one inquires after my being.

I cried out to You, O YHWH: I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.

“Listen to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me.

“Bring my being out of prison, To give thanks to Your Name. Let the righteous gather around me, Because You deal kindly with me.”

READINGS: TEHILLAH 143

Hear my prayer, O YHWH, Give ear to my pleadings In Your trustworthiness. Answer me in Your righteousness.

And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For before You no one living is in the right.

For the enemy has pursued my being; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, Like the dead of old.

Therefore my spirit grew faint within me, My heart within me is stunned.

I remembered the days of old; I meditated on all Your works; I ponder on the work of Your hands.

I have spread out my hands to You; My being is like a thirsty land for You. Selah.

Hasten, answer me, O YHWH; My spirit fails! Do not hide Your face from me, Lest I be like those going down into the pit.

Let me hear Your mercy in the morning, For in You I have put my trust; Let me know the way in which I should walk, For I have lifted up my being to You.

Deliver me from my enemies, O YHWH; I take refuge in You.

Teach me to do Your excellent pleasure, For You are my Elohim. Let Your excellent Spirit lead me In the land of straightness.

For the sake of Your Name, O YHWH, revive me! In Your righteousness, Bring my being out of distress.

And in Your mercy, Cut off my enemies. And destroy all the adversaries of my life, For I am Your servant!

READINGS: TEHILLAH 144

Blessed be YHWH my Rock, Who is teaching my hands for fighting, My fingers for battle; My mercy and my stronghold, My tower and my deliverer, My shield, and in whom I take refuge, Who is subduing peoples under me.

YHWH, what is man, that You should know him? Son of man, that You should think of him?

Man is like a breath, His days like a passing shadow.

Incline Your heavens, O YHWH, and come down; Touch the mountains that they smoke.

Send forth lightning and scatter them, Send forth Your arrows and confuse them.

Send forth Your hand from above; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, From the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth has spoken falsehood, And whose right hand is a right hand of lies.

O Elohim, a new song I sing to You; On a harp of ten strings I sing praises to You, Who gives deliverance to kings, Who rescues Dawiḏ His servant From the evil sword.

Rescue me and deliver me from the hand of foreigners, Whose mouth has spoken falsehood, And whose right hand is a right hand of lies; Because our sons are like plants Grown up in their youth; Our daughters like hewn stones, Polished, like a palace building; Let our storehouses be filled, Supplying all kinds; Let our sheep bring forth thousands And ten thousands in our fields; Our cattle well-laden; No breaking in, no going out; And no crying in our streets.

Blessed are the people who have it so; Blessed are the people whose Elohim is YHWH!

READINGS: TEHILLAH 145

I exalt You, my Elohim, O King; And bless Your Name forever and ever.

All day long I bless You, And praise Your Name forever and ever.

Great is YHWH, and greatly to be praised; And His greatness is unsearchable.

Generation after generation praises Your works, And they declare Your mighty acts.

I declare the esteemed splendor of Your excellency, And the matters of Your wondrous works.

And they speak of the might of Your awesome acts, And I recount Your greatness.

They send forth the remembrance of Your great excellence, And they sing of Your righteousness.

YHWH shows favor and is compassionate, Patient and great in mercy.

YHWH is excellent to all, And He has compassion on all His works.

All Your works give thanks to You, O YHWH, And Your merciful ones bless You.

They speak of the esteem of Your kingdom, And talk of Your might, To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, And the esteemed splendor of His kingdom.

Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your rule is throughout all generations.

YHWH is supporting all who are falling, And raising up all who are bowed down.

The eyes of all look to You expectantly, And You are giving them their food in its season, Opening Your hand and satisfying The desire of all that live.

YHWH is righteous in all His ways, And merciful in all His works.

YHWH is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth.

He does the desire of those who fear Him; And He hears their cry and saves them.

YHWH preserves all those loving Him, But all the wrong ones He destroys.

My mouth speaks the praise of YHWH, And let all flesh bless His set-apart Name, Forever and ever.

READINGS: MISHLE 30:1-33

The words of Aḡur son of Yaqeh, a message. This man declared to Ithi’ěl, to Ithi’ěl and Uḵal: For I am more stupid than anyone, And do not have the understanding of a man.

And I have not learned wisdom That I should know the knowledge of the Set-apart One.

Who has gone up to the heavens and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who established all the ends of the earth? What is His Name, And what is His Son’s Name, If you know it?

Every Word of Eloah is tried; He is a shield to those taking refuge in Him.

Do not add to His Words, Lest He reprove you, and you be found a liar.

Two matters I have asked of You – Deny them not to me before I die: Remove falsehood and a lying word far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me my lawful bread; Lest I become satisfied and deny You, And say, “Who is YHWH?” And lest I be poor, and steal, And seize the Name of my Elohim.

Do not slander a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, And you be found guilty.

There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother – There is a generation, clean in its own eyes, But not washed from its own filth.

There is a generation; Oh, how haughty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

There is a generation whose teeth are swords, And whose jaw-teeth are knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.

The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” Three are not satisfied, Four that never say, “Enough”: She’ol, and the barren womb, Soil not satisfied with water, And fire which never says, “Enough.”

An eye that mocks his father, And scorns to obey his mother – Ravens of the wadi dig it out, And young eagles eat it!

Three matters are too marvelous for me, And four which I do not understand: The way of an eagle in the heavens, The way of a snake on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man with a young woman.

This is the way of an adulterous woman: She shall eat and wipe her mouth, and say, “I have not done wickedness.”

Under three matters the earth trembles, And under four, it is unable to bear: Under a servant when he rules, And a fool when he is satisfied with food, Under a hated woman who marries, And a female servant who supplants her mistress.

There are four matters Which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer; The rock badgers are a weak folk, Yet they make their homes in the crags; The locusts have no king, Yet they all go out in formation; A spider takes hold with two hands, And is in kings’ palaces.

There are three matters That are going well, And four are excellent in walking: A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from facing all; A greyhound, and a male goat, And a king whose army is with him.

If you have been foolish in lifting up yourself, Or if you have plotted evil, Put your hand on your mouth.

For as milk under pressure brings forth curds, And as a nose under pressure brings forth blood, So wrath under pressure brings forth strife.

READINGS: AVOTH 6:9-10

Rabbi Yosey ben Qis’ma said, I was once walking by the way when a man met me and greeted me, and I returned his greeting. He said to me, Rabbi, from what place art thou? I said to him, I come from a great city of sages and scribes. He said to me, if thou art willing to dwell with us in our place, I will give thee a thousand thousand golden dinars and precious stones and pearls. I said to him, wert thou to give me all the silver and gold and precious stones and pearls in the world, I would not dwell anywhere but in a home of the Torah; and thus it is written in the book of Tehillym by the hands of David, King of Yisrael, The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver; and not only so, but in the hour of man’s departure neither silver nor gold nor precious stones nor pearls accompany him, but only Torah and excellent works; as it is said, when thou walkest it shall lead thee, when thou liest down it shall watch over thee, and when thou awakest it shall talk with thee, when thou walkest it shall lead thee in this world, when thou liest down it shall watch over thee in the grave, and when thou awakest it shall talk with thee in the world to come. And it says, the silver is Mine, and the gold is Mine, saith YHWH of Hosts.

Five possessions Haqadosh, blessed be He, made especially His own in His world, and these are they: the Torah, heaven and earth, Av’raham, Yisrael, and the Temple. Whence know we this of the Torah? Because it is written, YHWH possessed me as the beginning of His way, before His works, from of old. Whence of heaven and earth? Because it is written, thus saith YHWH, the heaven is My throne, and the earth is My foot-stool; what manner of house will ye build unto Me? And what manner of place for My rest? And it says, how manifold are Thy works, O YHWH! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy possessions. Whence of Av’raham? Because it is written, and He blessed him, and said, blessed be Av’ram of El Elyon, Master of heaven and earth. Whence of Yisrael? Because it is written, till Thy people pass over, O YHWH, till the people pass over which Thou hast acquired; and it says, as for the Qedoshym that are in the earth, they are the noble ones in whom is all My delight. Whence of the Temple? Because it is written, the place, O YHWH, which Thou hast made for Thee to dwell in, the sanctuary, O YHWH, which Thy hands have prepared; and it says, and He brought them to the border of His sanctuary, to this mountain which His might had acquired.

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