Here’s a list of prayers for your use during week one of Counting the Omer: Chesed– Lovingkindness, love, benevolence. They’re listed in my suggested order, from day 1 at the top of the list to day 7 at the bottom. To read them, please click on the name of the prayer.
- “For an Open Heart” – To remember how to love
- “Witnessing” – Honoring the lives of others
- “For Compassion” – For finding compassion in love
- “Let Love” – About embodying love
- “For Grace” – For living a life of love and humility
- “Blessing for a Spouse/Partner” – Expressing the bond of love
- “To Seek Your Love” – About seeking G-d’s love
And a prayer about Counting the Omer: “The Season of Counting.”
During the seven weeks from Passover to Shavuot, the period from the exodus to revelation on Sinai, Jews count the days and the weeks. And so we remember the journey from the depths of slavery to the heights of G-d’s Holy Presence. According to mystical practice, each week has a theme (and each day a sub-theme) that leads us toward revelation. Here are links to prayers and meditations for each week of counting the Omer and Shavuot:
- Week One: Chesed (Lovingkindness, Love, Benevolence)
- Week Two: Gevurah (Discipline, Justice, Restraint, Awe)
- Week Three: Tiferet (Beauty, Harmony, Compassion, Truth)
- Week Four: Netzach (Eternity, Endurance, Fortitude, Ambition)
- Week Five: Hod (Humility, Splendor)
- Week Six: Yesod (Foundation, Bonding)
- Week Seven: Malchut (Nobility, Sovereignty, Leadership)
- Shavuot
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