Today is Sunday, Iyar 9, 5786 · April 26, 2026
Omer: Day 24 - Tifferet sheb'Netzach
Today's Laws & Customs
• Count "Twenty-Five Days to the Omer" Tonight
Tomorrow is the twenty-fifth day of the Omer Count. Since, on the Jewish calendar, the day begins at nightfall of the previous evening, we count the omer for tomorrow's date tonight, after nightfall: "Today is twenty-five days, which are three weeks and four days, to the Omer." (If you miss the count tonight, you can count the omer all day tomorrow, but without the preceding blessing).
The 49-day "Counting of the Omer" retraces our ancestors' seven-week spiritual journey from the Exodus to Sinai. Each evening we recite a special blessing and count the days and weeks that have passed since the Omer; the 50th day is
Shavuot, the festival celebrating the Giving of the Torah at Sinai.
Tonight's Sefirah: Netzach sheb'Netzach -- "Ambition in Ambition"
The teachings of Kabbalah explain that there are seven "Divine Attributes" -- Sefirot -- that G-d assumes through which to relate to our existence: Chessed, Gevurah,
Tifferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod and Malchut ("Love", "Strength", "Beauty", "Victory", "Splendor", "Foundation" and "Sovereignty"). In the human being, created in the "image of G-d," the seven sefirot are mirrored in the seven "emotional attributes" of the human soul:
Kindness, Restraint, Harmony, Ambition, Humility, Connection and Receptiveness. Each of the seven attributes contain elements of all seven--i.e., "Kindness in Kindness", "Restraint in Kindness", "Harmony in Kindness", etc.--making for a total
of forty-nine traits. The 49-day Omer Count is thus a 49-step process of
self-refinement, with each day devoted to the "rectification" and perfection of one the forty-nine "sefirot."
Links:
How to count the Omer
The deeper significance of the Omer Count
Today in Jewish History
• Passing of Shmuel the Watercarrier (1834)
On this day in 5594, a relatively unknown man, Shmuel the Watercarrier of Polotsk, Belarus, passed away. Almost immediately after he was buried, 200 kilometers away, in the city of Lubavitch, the seventh son of Rabbi Menachem Mendel (the “Tzemach Tzedek”) was given the name Shmuel in his honor. This Shmuel grew up to be the fourth Rebbe of Chabad.
Link: A Watercarrier Named Shmuel
• Passing of R. Nissan Nemanov (1984)
R. Nissan Nemanov served as mashpia (chassidic mentor) at Yeshivat Tomchei Tmimim Lubavitch
in Brunoy, France, where he taught and guided many thousands of students. He
was renowned for his piety and for his devotion to the sixth and seventh
Lubavitcher Rebbes, R. Yosef Yitzchak and R. Menachem Mendel Schneerson. It
was said of him that he reached the level of the “intermediate man” as explained in Tanya.
Daily Quote
Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel; for you have contended with G‑d and with men, and have prevailed.
— Genesis 32:29
Daily Torah Study
Chumash: Emor, 1st Portion Vayikra (Leviticus) 21:1-21:15 with Rashi
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English / Hebrew Linear Translation
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Video Class
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Daily Wisdom (short insight)
Tehillim: Chapters 49 - 54
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Tanya: Likutei Amarim, beginning of Chapter 46
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English Text (Lessons in Tanya)
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Hebrew Text
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Rambam:
• Sefer Hamitzvot:
• 1 Chapter A Day: Tefillin, Mezuzah and Sefer Torah Tefillin, Mezuzah and Sefer Torah - Chapter 6
• 3 Chapters A Day: Yibbum vChalitzah Yibbum vChalitzah - Chapter 3, Yibbum vChalitzah Yibbum vChalitzah - Chapter 4, Yibbum vChalitzah Yibbum vChalitzah - Chapter 5
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