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Counting the Omer

Counting the Omer

סְפִירַת הָעֹמֶר

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Hebrew
הֲבִיאֲכֶם אֶת עֹמֶר הַתְּנוּפָה שֶׁבַע
שַׁבָּתוֹת תְּמִימֹת תִּהְיֶינָה, עַד
מִמָּחֳרַת הַשַּׁבָּת הַשְּׁבִיעִית תִּסְפְּרוּ
חֲמִשִּׁים יוֹם, כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּטָּהֲרוּ
נַפְשׁוֹת עַמְּךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל מִזֻּהֲמָתָם,
וּבְכֵן יְהִי רָצוֹן מִלְּפָנֶיךָ, יְיָ אֱלֹהֵינוּ
וֵאלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵינוּ, שֶׁבִּזְכוּת
סְפִירַת הָעֹמֶר שֶׁסָּפַרְתִּי הַיּוֹם,
יְתֻקַּן מַה שֶּׁפָּגַמְתִּי בִּסְפִירָה
Sephardi
Haviachem et omer hat'nufah sheva
shabbatot t'mimot tih'yenah, ad
mimochorat hashabbat hash'vi'it tisperu
chamishim yom, kedei sheyitaharu
nafshot amecha Yisrael mizuhamatam,
uvechen yehi ratzon milfanekha, Adonai Eloheinu
veilohei avoteinu, shebizchut
sefirat haomer shesafarti hayom,
yetukan mah shepagamti bis'firah
English
of Pesach; <b>the day when you offer the Omer as a wave-offering</b> for God. This counting <b>will be for seven full weeks.</b> You should continue counting <b>until the fiftieth day,</b> the day of Shavuot, which is <b>the day after the seventh week.</b> You gave <b>Your nation,</b> the Children of <b>Israel,</b> this commandment <b>in order to clean their souls from</b> any <b>impurities</b> that come as a result of their sins. <b>Therefore, Lord, our God and the God of our fathers, may it be Your will that in the merit of the counting of the Omer that I counted today,</b> the spiritual blemish that <b>I made in the sefirah of</b>
Say the sefirah that corresponds to the day of the Omer.
Hebrew
וְאֶטָּהֵר<sup>1</sup> וְאֶתְקַדֵּשׁ בִּקְדֻשָּׁה שֶׁל
מַעְלָה, וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה יִשְׁפַּע שֶׁפַע
רַב בְּכָל הָעוֹלָמוֹת וּלְתַקֵּן אֶת
נַפְשׁוֹתֵינוּ וְרוּחוֹתֵינוּ וְנִשְׁמוֹתֵינוּ
מִכָּל סִיג וּפְגָם וּלְטַהֲרֵנוּ וּלְקַדְּשֵׁנוּ
בִּקְדֻשָּׁתְךָ הָעֶלְיוֹנָה, אָמֵן סֶלָה:
Sephardi
V'etaher<sup>1</sup> v'etkadesh bikdushah shel
ma'alah, ve'al yedei zeh yishpa shefa
rav bechol ha-olamot ul'taken et
nafshoteinu v'ruchoteinu v'nishmoteinu
mikol sig uf'gam ul'tahareinu ul'kad'sheinu
bikdushat'cha ha'elyonah, amen selah:
English
<b>should be fixed</b><sup>1</sup> and I should become <b>pure and holy with the holiness from heaven above.</b> Through the <b>fulfillment of</b> this commandment, <b>may much reward flow into all the worlds.</b> May the three levels of our <b>soul—our Nefesh, Ruach, and Neshamah—be fixed</b> and cleaned from <b>every blemish and defect, and may we be purified and made holy with Your high holiness. Amen, Selah.</b>
On weekdays continue with עָלֵינוּ, page 242. On Shabbat continue with עָלֵינוּ, page 306.
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ

AVINU MALKEINU

The Ark is opened.
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ חָטָאנוּ לְפָנֶיךָ:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu chatanu lefanecha:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, we have sinned before You.</b>
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ אֵין לָנוּ מֶלֶךְ
אֶלָּא אָתָּה:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu ein lanu melech
ela atah:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, we have no King other than You.</b>
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ עֲשֵׂה עִמָּנוּ
לְמַעַן שְׁמֶךָ:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu aseh imanu
lema'an shemecha:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, act kindly to us for the sake of Your name,</b> because You are known as a kind God.
On a public fast day (except Tzom Gedalyah):
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ
בָּרֵךְ עָלֵינוּ
שָׁנָה טוֹבָה:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu
barech aleinu
shanah tovah:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, bless us with a good year.</b>
Between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur:
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ
חַדֵּשׁ עָלֵינוּ
שָׁנָה טוֹבָה:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu
chadesh aleinu
shanah tovah:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, renew a good year for us.</b>
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ בַּטֵּל מֵעָלֵינוּ כָּל
גְּזֵרוֹת קָשׁוֹת:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu batel me'aleinu kol
g'zerot kashot:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, remove all harsh decrees from us;</b> protect us from harm.
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ בַּטֵּל מַחְשְׁבוֹת
שׂוֹנְאֵינוּ:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu batel machshevot
son'einu:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, remove the evil thoughts of our enemies</b> who want to harm us.
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ הָפֵר עֲצַת אוֹיְבֵינוּ:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu hafer atzat oiveinu:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, cancel the evil plans of our enemies.</b>
Hebrew
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ כַּלֵּה כָּל צָר וּמַסְטִין
מֵעָלֵינוּ:
Sephardi
Avinu Malkeinu kaleh kol tzar umastin
me'aleinu:
English
<b>Our Father, our King, destroy all of our enemies and all those who are against us;</b> remove them <b>from us.</b>