Today is Eight Days of the Omer • The Text of Sefiras HaOmer and a Prayer from the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a for Chesed shebeGevurah
The Order of Sefiras HaOmer (Counting of the Omer):
For the sake of the unification of the Holy One, Blessed be He, and His Shechinah (Divine Presence), in awe and love, to unify the Name Yud-Kei with Vav-Kei in a perfect union, in the name of all Israel. Behold, I am prepared and ready to fulfill the positive commandment of Sefiras HaOmer (counting the Omer) as it is written in the Torah: "And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the Shabbat, from the day that you brought the Omer of the wave offering; seven complete weeks shall they be. Until the morrow of the seventh Shabbat shall you count fifty days, and you shall offer a new meal offering to Hashem." May the pleasantness of Hashem our G-d be upon us; establish the work of our hands for us, and the work of our hands, establish it.
Blessed are You, Hashem our G-d, King of the universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer.
Today is eight days, which are one week and one day of the Omer.
For the conductor, with melodies, a psalm, a song: May G-d be gracious to us and bless us, may He cause His face to shine upon us, Selah. To know Your way on earth, Your salvation among all nations. The peoples will thank You, O G-d, all the peoples will thank You. Nations will rejoice and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples justly and lead the nations on earth, Selah. The peoples will thank You, O G-d, all the peoples will thank You. The earth has yielded its harvest; G-d, our G-d, will bless us. G-d will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear Him.
We beg You! With the strength of Your right hand's greatness, untie the bundled sins. Accept the prayer of Your people; strengthen us, purify us, O Awesome One. Please, O Mighty One, those who seek Your Unity, guard them like the pupil of an eye. Bless them, purify them, may the mercy of Your righteousness always reward them. Powerful Holy One, in Your abundant goodness, lead Your congregation. Unique and Exalted One, turn to Your people, those who remember Your holiness. Blessed be the name of His glorious kingdom forever and ever.
Master of the World, You commanded us through Moses Your servant to count Sefiras HaOmer, in order to purify us from our klipos (husks of evil) and our impurities, as You wrote in Your Torah: "And you shall count for yourselves from the morrow of the Shabbat, from the day that you brought the Omer of the wave offering; seven complete weeks shall they be. Until the morrow of the seventh Shabbat shall you count fifty days." This is so that the souls of Your people Israel may be purified from their contamination. And so, may it be Your will, Hashem our G-d and G-d of our fathers, that in the merit of Sefiras HaOmer that I counted today, that which I damaged in the Sefirah of Chesed shebeGevurah (Kindness within Strength) shall be rectified, and I shall be purified and sanctified with the holiness from Above. Through this, may an abundant flow of blessing be bestowed upon all the worlds, to rectify our Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshamah (levels of the soul) from every dross and blemish, and to purify us and sanctify us with Your supernal holiness, Amen Selah.
Before you is a prayer written by the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a for Chesed shebeGevurah for reading: From the book destined to see light, with G-d's help, containing all the prayers of the Rav shlit"a for the days of Sefiras HaOmer. For donations and dedications: 0533189062
Master of the World, Almighty, from Whom no plan is withheld, merit me to be included in the Reisha D’lo Ityada (the Unknown Head – the highest level of Keter), by building true buildings through true Torah scholars who can elevate the "fallen Alephs" (sparks of divinity), which are the numerical value of "HaTam" (the simple/complete one) [for four times the letter Aleph (111x4) plus the kolel (the word itself) equals the gematria of "HaTam" (445)]. May we always practice hospitality, welcoming holy and righteous people, until our home becomes a "meeting place for the wise" (Beis Va'ad l'Chachamim). May we sweeten every judgment in the world with the letter Aleph, and through this, may the Name Adni (Lordship) be completed. Grant me to draw close only to such Tzaddikim who know the secret of the Alephs and know how to elevate the Alephs, attaching the letter Aleph to the letters of judgment through the Name Adn"i. May I merit to find the hidden good within every single Jew, and through this, merit to elevate the fallen Alephs. May I merit to fulfill that which was said regarding Rabbi Meir: "Rabbi Meir found a pomegranate; he ate its inside and threw away its peel." May I merit to eat the inner essence (the spirituality), and through this, may we emerge from the klipah (husk) of the Philistines, which is the gematria of "Taltal" (curls) [860 = Elohim (86) × 10 = 860], for they suckle from the curls and the hairs of Zeir Anpin (the Divine emotive attributes). Therefore, it is forbidden to cut them between Pesach and Shavuot, except on the eve of Shavuot. By emerging from the klipah of the Philistines—gematria Taltal, ten times Elohim (860)—then "fear not, O worm of Jacob," for the klipah of the worm, which is the klipah of the Philistines, consumes and eats everything. For the worm of Jacob must overcome the worm of the Philistines through the power of the holy and awesome Name "Ana B'Koach Gedulat Yeminecha Tatir Tzerurah," whose initials spell "Tola" (worm). This is the "Olas Tamid" (continual offering); "Tamid" is the gematria of four times the word "Aleph" (111 × 4 = 444), which are the four Alephs taken by Imma Ila'ah (the Supernal Mother). Through this, the large letter Dalet of "Shema Yisrael Hashem Eloheinu Hashem Echad" (Hear O Israel, Hashem is our G-d, Hashem is One) is formed [Echad = 1]. Through this, we shall overcome those who blaspheme the fearers of Hashem, for they suckle from the four fallen Alephs which are raised by the large Dalet of "Echad." For the Name "Ehyeh" (I Will Be) four times divides into four Alephs and four times the letters "He-Yod-He" [4 × Ehyeh = 4 Alephs] [He-Yod-He × 4 = 80 = V'ad (forever)]. This is the secret of the Keser (Crown) of Leah, for the Keser of Leah is the Dalet of Echad, and the Keser of Rachel is four times the letters He-Yod-He. The large Dalet of Echad corresponds to the four times the letter "A" (Aleph) of "Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh." For "Olas Tamid" is the aspect of the Chesed (Kindness) of Abraham, the secret of Chesed shebeGevurah (Kindness within Strength). Please Hashem, merit me to Chesed shebeGevurah, and through this, I will elevate all the fallen Alephs to their source, by bringing Torah scholars as guests into my home.
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