Blessing for Counting the Omer

Suggested meditation:

There is a practice of beginning the counting of the omer with a meditation that states one’s intention to fulfill the commandment. This meditation serves as a focus for the task at hand and a reminder of the biblical basis of the commandment:

הִנְנִי מוּכָן וּמְזוּמָן לְקַיֵים מִצְוַת עֲשֵׂה שֶׁל סְפִירַת הָעֽוֹמֶר כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב בַתּוֹרָה:‏ וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤ם לָכֶם֙ מִמָּחֳרַ֣ת הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת מִיּוֹם֙ הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־עֹ֖מֶר הַתְּנוּפָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע שַׁבָּת֖וֹת תְּמִימֹ֥ת תִּהְיֶֽינָה׃‏‏‏ עַ֣ד מִֽמָּחֳרַ֤ת הַשַּׁבָּת֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔ת תִּסְפְּר֖וּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים י֑וֹם וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֛ם מִנְחָ֥ה חֲדָשָׁ֖ה לַיהֹוָֽה׃‏

Hineni muchan um’zuman l’kayem mitzvat aseh shel s’firat ha’omer k’mo shekatuv baTorah: Us’fartem lakhem mimaharat hashabbat miyom havi’echem et omer hat’nufa, sheva shabbatot t’mimot tihiyenah. Ad mimaharat hashabbat hash’vi’it tisp’ru chamishim yom.

Here I am, ready and willing to fulfill the of counting the omer, as it says in the Torah (Leviticus 23:15-16): You shall count from the eve of the second day of Pesach, when an omer of grain is to be brought as an offering, seven complete weeks. The day after the seventh week of your counting will make fifty days.

 

Traditional Blessing:

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יה אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּֽנוּ עַל סְפִירַת הָעֹֽמֶר

Barukh atah YAH, Eloheinu melekh ha’olam, asher kidshanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al sefirat ha’omer.

Blessed are you, Eternal One our God, your presence fills the Universe, you have made us holy with Your mitzvot and commanded us to count the Omer.

Non-binary Hebrew:

בְּרוּכֶה אַתֶּה יה אֱלֹהֵינוּ חֵי הָעוֹלָמִים אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשֶׁנוּ בְּמִצַוְּתֶהּ וְצִוֶּנוּ עַל סְפִירַת הָעֹמֶר

Brukheh ateh YAH, Eloheinu khei ha’olamim, asher kidshenu bemitzvoteh v’tzivenu al sefirat ha’omer. 

Blessed are You, Eternal, Life of all Worlds who has made us holy with Your mitzvot, and commanded us to count the Omer.