Over the seven weeks between Pesach and Shavuot we count the omer each day, marking the period between our liberation as slaves in Egypt and our receipt of the Torah at Mt. Sinai.
It’s a period of counting when we reflect on the link between slavery and freedom, and it’s a time when we can reflect, too, on the blessings of our lives.
You can use these days to count your blessings and to think about how your life is different in freedom than it might have been in slavery.
Why not take a moment to make a list of blessings that you are grateful for each day?
Then choose one of these blessings and ask yourself why you feel it’s a blessing.
How does it change your life into something remarkable?
What is it that makes something– or someone– a blessing?
You might describe how you first came to understand this something or someone as a blessing.
And then you might expand your thoughts and discuss how you’ve grown or changed as a result of this blessing in your life.
For more information on counting the omer, visit:
http://www.aish.com/h/o/lac/48971726.html
http://www.jewfaq.org/holidayb.htm
http://www.chabad.org/generic_cdo/aid/130631/jewish/Sefirat-HaOmer.htm
http://www.ritualwell.org/holidays/countingtheomer/
http://www.uscj.org/Counting_the_Omer_an6375.html
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