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Counting the Omer

Counting the Omer is a Devotional Practice
Each year we step from the second night of Pesach into the Omer journey. For 49 nights we count the Omer, marking the beginning and passing of each day, giving thanks for earth’s abundance and engaging in a practice of awareness, reflection and action for the sake of healing and shalom.

Go to Blessings for Counting the Omer

Counting the Omer 5786
Count along with the A Way In Jewish Mindfulness community guided by Rabbi Yael's classic book on the subject, Journey Through the Wilderness: A Mindfulness Approach to the Ancient Jewish Practice of Counting the Omer.
This link will take you to our Bookshop shop, where your purchase will support local bookstores and the A Way In organization.

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Counting the Omer Together
In 2026/5786 A Way In is offering the opportunity for us to count together one night a week on Zoom, guided live on video by Rabbi Yael Levy. Every Wednesday evening at 8PM ET, beginning on April 8, 2026, Rabbi Yael will present an intention about the week and the day of the Omer, and we will stand together and count the new day. Counting together strengthens and helps inspire our experience and practice.

Every Monday at 11AM ET, Rabbi Yael also offers a teaching on the week's Torah portion. During Torah study we will explore the Divine emanations of the Omer day, reflecting in how they illuminate the teachings of the Torah. 
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A Way In Jewish Mindfulness continues with the live Thursday Morning Meditation Sits guided by Rabbi Yael, every week at 8-8:30AM ET,  where we will sit together in the energy of the Omer day.

These offerings also can be listened to as a podcast at any time on our Meditations page, on our Torah Study page, and on Soundcloud.

Go to our Calendar for specific connection details

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Day 23 - Gevurah Sh’b Netzach: Strength within Endurance
Day 23 - Gevurah Sh’b Netzach: Strength within Endurance

May goodness and kindness pursue me all the days of my life.
I will dwell in the heart of the Mystery always.

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Day 22 - Chesed Sh’b Netzach: Love within Vision
Day 22 - Chesed Sh’b Netzach: Love within Vision

Ask yourself: Am I speaking truthfully?
Is what I am saying helpful?
Is what I am saying kind?

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Away InApril 23, 2026Tiferet
Day 21 - Shechina Sh’b Tiferet: Majesty within Beauty
Day 21 - Shechina Sh’b Tiferet: Majesty within Beauty

The heart trusts the flow of the Mystery
and the love of the Most High.
It will not be shaken.

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Away InApril 22, 2026Tiferet
Day 20 - Yesod Sh’b Tiferet: Connection within the Heart
Day 20 - Yesod Sh’b Tiferet: Connection within the Heart

The Mystery brings transformation.

The One answers us in the moment we call.

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Away InApril 21, 2026Tiferet
Day 19 - Hod Sh’b Tiferet: Being within Beauty
Day 19 - Hod Sh’b Tiferet: Being within Beauty

The light, the wisdom, the glory

that rises from the unfolding of creation

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Away InApril 20, 2026Tiferet
 Day 18 - Netzach Sh’b Tiferet: Endurance within the Heart
Day 18 - Netzach Sh’b Tiferet: Endurance within the Heart

I will act compassionately toward all.

I will remember that my strength comes from the Eternal.

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Away InApril 19, 2026
Day 17 - Tiferet Sh’b Tiferet: Balance within the Heart
Day 17 - Tiferet Sh’b Tiferet: Balance within the Heart

The natural inclination of the heart is to seek balance and truth, to be in harmony, to delight in beauty. And it is so easy to go astray, to lose our balance as confusion clouds our perceptions. It takes practice to return again and again to beauty and love.

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Away InApril 18, 2026Tiferet
Day 16 - Gevurah Sh’b Tiferet: Discernment within the Heart
Day 16 - Gevurah Sh’b Tiferet: Discernment within the Heart

We notice the joys, pain and challenges of our hearts, letting it all rise without judgment or shame.

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Away InApril 17, 2026Tiferet
Day 15 - Chesed Sh’b Tiferet: Love within Beauty
Day 15 - Chesed Sh’b Tiferet: Love within Beauty

The heart breaks open with the pain and joy of being alive
And the radiance shines through the cracks.

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Away InApril 16, 2026Tiferet
Day 14 - Shechina Sh’b Gevurah: Majesty within Strength
Day 14 - Shechina Sh’b Gevurah: Majesty within Strength

We are all channels for the holy, here to be of service.

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Away InApril 15, 2026Gevurah
Day 13 - Yesod Sh’b Gevurah: Foundation within Strength
Day 13 - Yesod Sh’b Gevurah: Foundation within Strength

Take time to feel your strengths, to give honor to your abilities. Make a commitment to use your power to bring benefit and blessing.

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Away InApril 14, 2026Gevurah
Day 12 - Hod Sh’b Gevurah: Glory within Strength
Day 12 - Hod Sh’b Gevurah: Glory within Strength

Let this day be a holy vessel.

Sit in whatever is.

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Away InApril 13, 2026Gevurah
Day 11 -  Netzach Sh’b Gevurah: Enduring Strength
Day 11 - Netzach Sh’b Gevurah: Enduring Strength

Great is the unfolding of the mystery, accessible to our deepest yearnings. (Psalm 111:2)

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Away InApril 12, 2026Gevurah
Day 10 - Tiferet Sh’b Gevurah: Balance within Strength
Day 10 - Tiferet Sh’b Gevurah: Balance within Strength

We ask ourselves,

Where is the beauty in this…?

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Away InApril 11, 2026Gevurah
Omer Day 9 - Gevurah Sh’b Gevurah: Strength within Strength
Omer Day 9 - Gevurah Sh’b Gevurah: Strength within Strength

The beginning of wisdom is awe. (Psalm 111:10)

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Away InApril 10, 2026Gevurah
Omer Day 8 - Chesed Sh’b Gevurah: Love within Strength
Omer Day 8 - Chesed Sh’b Gevurah: Love within Strength

What is it to be a human being — so vulnerable, so fragile, and at the same time only slightly less than gods, strong and powerful, crowned with splendor? (Psalm 8:5-6)

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Away InApril 9, 2026Gevurah
Omer Day 7 - Shechina Sh’b Chesed: Indwelling Presence of Love
Omer Day 7 - Shechina Sh’b Chesed: Indwelling Presence of Love

Notice acts of kindness and generosity that are bestowed upon you.

Notice the moments you respond to yourself and others with love.

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Away InApril 8, 2026Chesed
Omer Day 6 - Yesod Sh’b Chesed: Rootedness within Love
Omer Day 6 - Yesod Sh’b Chesed: Rootedness within Love

We breathe in the love that flows to us from past generations. Rooted in this love we go forward into the expanse.

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Away InApril 7, 2026Chesed
Omer Day 5 - Hod Sh’b Chesed: Presence within Love
Omer Day 5 - Hod Sh’b Chesed: Presence within Love

Practice noticing everything with non-judgmental awareness.

Practice noticing everything with gentleness and compassion.

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Away InApril 6, 2026Chesed
Journeying through the Omer Week by Week
Journeying through the Omer Week by Week
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