King Solomon said: "Remove anger from your heart and you take away evil from your flesh." Very frequently in Holy Scripture and in the maxims of the Talmudic sages we find an admonition against anger, for anger is a very bad quality into which man can easily fall and which then does him great injury spiritually and physically. The sages of the Talmud believe that in anger lies the root of numerous sins. Hence they said, "Be not in anger and you will not sin." And again they say: "He who becomes angry, if he is a sage his wisdom departs from him, and if he is a prophet his prophecy is taken away from him."
Rabbi Morris Lichenstein, The Healing of the Soul
Baruch Ata Adonai Elo-hei-nu me-lech ha-olam a-sher ke-d-sha-nu b- mitz-vo-tav, v-tzi-va-nu al s-fi-rat ha-omer.
Praised be you Adonai our God who rules the Universe instilling within us the holiness of mitzvot by commanding us to count the Omer.
Today is the thirty-ninth day of the Omer.