Today I send you the last message in the counting of the Omer.
I have numbered my days and come to understand that my days are numbered. The finite nature of my life demands my attention and constant consideration. I have been granted daily life in order to think, to contemplate, to be kind, to be purposeful, to be silent, to be energetic, to be God like, to be fully human, to be forgiving, to be in love, to be aware of life with all aspects of my being, with my mind, my body, my spirit.
I have numbered my days and have come to understand that each day is an invitation:
- today: an invitation to become present
- the day before: an invitation to be reflective
- the day after: an invitation to become repentant
- not today: an invitation to be discerning
- tomorrow: an invitation to anticipate
- yesterday: an invitation to remember
- never again: an invitation to commit
- someday: an invitation to dream
- most days: an invitation to cultivate discipline
- until the day of all days, the last day: an invitation into eternity
Thank you for allowing me into your homes and offices.
Rabbi Karyn Kedar, Congregation B'nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim
Baruch Ata Adonai Elo-hei-nu me-lech ha-olam a-sher ke-d-sha-nu b- mitz-vo-tav, v-tzi-va-nu al s-fi-rat ha-omer.
Praised be you Adonai our God who rules the Universe instilling within us the holiness of mitzvot by commanding us to count the Omer.
Today is the forty-ninth day of the Omer.