READINGS FOR OMER COUNT – DAY 32

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 thirty-second day, making four weeks and four 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 86

Incline Your ear, O YHWH, Answer me, for I am poor and needy.

Guard my being, for I am merciful; You are my Elohim; Save Your servant who is trusting in You!

Show favor to me, O YHWH, For I cry to You all day long.

Bring joy to the being of Your servant, For to You, O YHWH, I lift up my being.

For You, YHWH, are excellent, and ready to forgive, And great in mercy to all those who call upon You.

Give ear, O YHWH, to my prayer; And listen to the voice of my pleadings.

In the day of my distress I call upon You, For You answer me.

There is none like You among the mighty ones, O YHWH; And like Your works there are none.

Let all nations You have made Come and bow themselves before You, O YHWH, And give esteem to Your Name.

For You are great, and are doing wonders; You are Elohim, You alone.

Teach me Your way, O YHWH; Let me walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your Name.

I praise You, O YHWH my Elohim, with all my heart, And I esteem Your Name forever.

For Your mercy is great toward me, And You have delivered my being From the depths of She’ol.

O Elohim, the proud have risen against me, And a band of dreaded men have sought my life, And have not set You before them.

But You, O YHWH, Are a compassionate Ěl and showing favor, Patient and great in mercy and truth.

Turn to me, and show favor to me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your female servant.

Show me a sign for excellence, And let those hating me see it and be ashamed, For You, YHWH, have helped me and comforted me.

READINGS: TEHILLAH 87

His foundation is In the set-apart mountains.

YHWH loves the gates of Tsiyon More than all the dwellings of Ya‛aqoḇ.

Esteemed matters are spoken of you, O city of Elohim: Selah.

“I mention Rahaḇ and Baḇel to those who know Me; See, O Philistia and Tsor, with Kush, ‘This and that one was born there.’”

And of Tsiyon it is said, “Each one was born in her; For the Most High Himself does establish her.”

YHWH does write, In the register of the peoples, “This one was born there.” Selah.

And the singers and the players on instruments – All my fountains, are in you.

READINGS: TEHILLAH 88

O YHWH, Elohim of my deliverance, By day I have cried out, In the night also before You, Let my prayer come before You, Incline Your ear to my cry.

For my being is filled with evils, And my life draws near to She’ol.

I have been reckoned among those Who go down to the pit; I have become like a man Who has no strength, Released among the dead, Like slain ones lying in the burial-site, Whom You have remembered no more, And who have been cut off from Your hand.

You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths.

Your wrath has rested heavily upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your breakers. Selah.

You have put away my friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them; I am shut in and do not go out; My eye grows dim because of affliction. YHWH, I have called upon You, all day long; I have stretched out my hands to You.

Would You work wonders for the dead? Would the dead rise to praise You? Selah.

Is Your mercy declared in the burial-site? Your trustworthiness in the place of destruction?

Are Your wonders known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the land of no remembrance?

But I, unto You I have cried, O YHWH, And in the morning my prayer comes before You.

YHWH, why do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

I am afflicted and dying from childhood; I have borne frightening matters from You; I am in despair.

Your fierce wrath has gone over me; Your onslaughts have cut me off.

They surrounded me like water all day long; They close in upon me altogether.

You have put loved one and companion far from me, Darkness is my close friend!

READINGS: MISHLE 20:16-30

Take the garment of one who is guarantor for a stranger, And hold it as a pledge when it is for foreigners.

Bread gained by deceit might be sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth is filled with gravel.

By counsel plans are established; And by wise guidance wage a battle.

He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with him Who speaks smoothly with his lips.

Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp is put out in deep darkness.

An inheritance obtained with greed at the beginning Is not blessed at the end.

Do not say, “I repay evil.” Wait for YHWH, and He saves you.

Differing weights are an abomination to YHWH, And a false scale is not excellent.

The steps of a man are from YHWH; What does a man know about his own way?

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is set-apart,” And only later to reconsider his vows.

A wise king winnows out the wrong, And turns the wheel over them.

The spirit of a man is the lamp of YHWH, Searching all his inmost parts.

Mercy and truth watch over the king, And he shall support his throne by mercy.

The comeliness of young men is their strength, And the splendor of old men is their grey hair.

The blows that wound cleanse away evil, And strokes the inner parts of the heart.

READINGS: AVOTH 4:13-15

Rabbi Eliezer ben Ya’aqov said, he who does one excellent deed has gotten himself one advocate; and he who commits one transgression has gotten himself one accuser. Repentance and deeds of charity are as a shield against punishment.

Rabbi Yochanan the sandal maker said, every assembly which is in the name of Heaven will in the end be established; but that which is not in the name of Heaven will not in the end be established.

Rabbi Elazar ben Shammua said, let the honor of thy disciple be as dear to thee as thine own, and the honor of thine associate be like the reverence for thy master, and the reverence for thy master like the fear of Heaven.