BA-RUCH A-TAH ADO-NAI E-LO-HE-NU ME-LECH HA-OLAM ASHER KID-E-SHA-NU BE- MITZ-VO-TAV VETZI-VA-NU AL SEFI-RAT HA-OMER.

Transcription

1 Omer Day 39- Psalm 119: PLEE FOR SALVATION BA-RUCH A-TAH ADO-NAI E-LO-HE-NU ME-LECH HA-OLAM ASHER KID-E-SHA-NU BE- MITZ-VO-TAV VETZI-VA-NU AL SEFI-RAT HA-OMER. Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer. Master of the universe, You have commanded us through Moses Your servant to count Sefirat Ha-Omer, in order to purify us from our evil and uncleanness. As You have written in Your Torah, "You shall count for yourselves from the day following the day of rest, from the day on which you bring the Omer as a waveoffering; [the counting] shall be for seven full weeks. Until the day following the seventh week shall you count fifty days," so that the souls of Your people Israel may be cleansed from their defilement. Therefore, may it be Your will, Lord our God and God of our fathers, that in the merit of the Sefirat Ha-Omer which I counted today, the blemish that I have caused in the sefirah Tiferes ShebeChesed be rectified and I may be purified and sanctified with supernal holiness. May abundant bounty thereby be bestowed upon all the worlds. May it rectify our nefesh, ruach and neshamah from every baseness and defect, and may it purify and sanctify us with Your supernal holiness. Psa 119:153 RESH. Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. Psa 119:154 Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. Psa 119:155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. Psa 119:156 Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. Psaראה עניי 119:153 וחלצני כי תורתך לא שכחתי Psaריבה 119:154 ריבי וגאלני לאמרתך חיני Psaרחוק 119:155 מר שעים י שועה כי חקיך לא דר שו Psaרחמיך 119:156 רבים יהוה כמ שפטיך חיני Avot 5 8. Seven types of retribution come to the world, for seven types of sin. When some tithe and others don't, a hunger caused by turmoil ensues: some are hungry, others have their fill of food. When all are unanimous in their failure to tithe, a hunger by drought ensues. For not separating chalah, an annihilating hunger results. Plagues come to the world for those capital crimes mentioned in the Torahthat have not been given over to the court, and for desecrating the produce of the sabbatical year. The sword comes to the world for the procrastination of justice, the corruption of justice, and because of those who misinterpret the Torah.

2 Key Words ראה Consider H7200 ra 'aĥ 1) to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see 1a2) to see, perceive 1a3) to see, have vision 1a4) to look at, see, regard, look after, see after, learn about, observe, watch, look upon, look out, find out 1a5) to see, observe, consider, look at, give attention to, discern, distinguish 1a6) to look at, gaze at 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to appear, present oneself 1b2) to be seen 1b3) to be visible 1c) (Pual) to be seen 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to see, show 1d2) to cause to look intently at, behold, cause to gaze at 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be caused to see, be shown 1e2) to be exhibited to 1f) (Hithpael) to look at each other, face Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 2095 עני Affliction H6040 o nıŷ 1) affliction, poverty, misery 1a) affliction 1b) poverty Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong s Number: from H6031 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1652e

3 גאל DeliverH1350 ga 'al 1) to redeem, act as kinsman-redeemer, avenge, revenge, ransom, do the part of a kinsman 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as kinsman, do the part of next of kin, act as kinsman-redeemer 1a1a) by marrying brother s widow to beget a child for him, to redeem from slavery, to redeem land, to exact vengeance 1a2) to redeem (by payment) 1a3) to redeem (with God as subject) 1a3a) individuals from death 1a3b) Israel from Egyptian bondage 1a3c) Israel from exile 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to redeem oneself 1b2) to be redeemed Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 300 חיה Quicken H2421 cha yaĥ 1) to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live for ever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to live 1a1a) to have life 1a1b) to continue in life, remain alive 1a1c) to sustain life, to live on or upon 1a1d) to live (prosperously) 1a2) to revive, be quickened 1a2a) from sickness 1a2b) from discouragement 1a2c) from faintness 1a2d) from death 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to preserve alive, let live 1b2) to give life 1b3) to quicken, revive, refresh

4 1b3a) to restore to life 1b3b) to cause to grow 1b3c) to restore 1b3d) to revive 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to preserve alive, let live 1c2) to quicken, revive 1c2a) to restore (to health) 1c2b) to revive 1c2c) to restore to life Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong s Number: a primitive root [compare H2331, H2421] Same Word by TWOT Number: 644

5 Resh - The Symbol of Choosing Between Greatness and Degradation Design- Rabbi Aaron Raskin i The twentieth letter of the alef-beis is the letter reish. The design of thereish represents an individual who is bent over; a poor person. The reish is composed of two lines, one horizontal and one vertical. It looks very similar to the dalet, but the dalet has a yud at its upper right-hand corner, which the reish lacks. 6 As we explained in the chapter on dalet, the yud represents one who is subservient to G-d and adheres to every letter of the law. The reish stwo lines represent intellect and speech. 7 Because they are not joined with a yud, the speech and intellect of this individual are for his own gratification they can even degenerate and become corrupt and evil. Such a person s thoughts and speech are often directed to hurting and conspiring against others. In this way he drags his most essential faculties into the depths of unholiness. Gematria The numerical equivalent of reish is two hundred. It states in the Talmud that a poor person is permitted to collect charity from a synagogue if he does not possess two hundred zuz. 10 The moment the person has two hundred zuz, he is no longer considered to be poor. Meaning The word reish stands for rash, one who is poor. This meaning is illustrated in the famous story of King David 11 after he married Bat Sheva. Bat Sheva had been the wife of one of King David s soldiers whom he had sent to the front lines of battle and who subsequently died. Nathan the Prophet came to David and reproved him with a parable: There were two men in one city; one rich and the other poor. The rich man had many flocks and herds but the poor man had nothing save one lamb... The rich man took the poor man s lamb... The Hebrew used for the passage and the poor man had nothing is v larash ein kol... So reish/rash signifies poverty.

6 Scriptures To Ponder Consider: Psa_9:13, Psa_13:3-4, Psa_25:19; Exo_3:7-8; Neh_9:32; Lam_2:20, Lam_5:1 Plead: Psa_35:1, Psa_43:1; 1Sa_24:15; Job_5:8; Pro_22:23; Jer_11:20, Jer_50:34, Jer_51:36; Mic_7:9; 1Jo_2:1 Consider all that Adonai has done for you in the midst of this wicked and perverse generation? What are these verses saying to me today and teaching me? i Copyright, all rights reserved. If you enjoyed this article, we encourage you to distribute it further, provided that you comply with Chabad.org's copyright policy.