Barukh ata Adonai Eloheinu Melekh ha’Olam asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tizivanu al sefirat ha’omer. Blessed are you, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has sanctified us with your commandments and commanded us to count the Omer. Today is ten days, which is one week and three days of the Omer. Last week we began counting the omer as instructed in Leviticus 23:9-21 . We are in the second week and our attribute this week is Gevurah which is defined as "might," but

Yes, another baseball analogy, and the title to a great movie. If you don't live amongst a baseball family you may miss the importance of both. Life will throw you curve balls, but how we handle difficult times, the events that seem to come out of nowhere and move in a crazy direction, will determine whether we miss or hit a home run. I caught myself praying for something trivial earlier this week. Catching myself, I apologized the the Most High for being a "spoiled brat." C