Six Days of Omer 5777

Today is the sixth day of the Omer, Yesod of Chesed,Bonding in Love.

Deep bondsof affection, camaraderie, and appreciation for the unique gifts of each soulare needed to fully actualize love. I am grateful to experience these bonds inmy family of origin and my family of choice.

The Meaningful Life Center published the MyOmer app, the source of the meditation that begins my counting. Chabad published the Omer Counter - I prefer their version of the blessing that is supposed to accompany the counting when done at night.

According to strict Jewish law, you cannot say the blessingif you don't start counting on the second night of Passover without missing aday. As Rabbi Finley, says every year, the Omer Police are woefully underfunded- so engage with the tradition as you can because it is truly transformative.This is the first year I have dedicated to completing the count continuously atnight and I have to say, it is helping me rediscover why I am in rabbinicalschool.