April 2021
Day 19, April 16: The Hod in Tiferet
16/04/21 20:16 Filed in: Omer
Day 17, April 14: The Tiferet in Tiferet
14/04/21 11:53
Today we come to the Tiferet within Tiferet! What is the harmony or balance within harmony? How are we to understand this?
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Read More...Day 16, April 13: The Gevurah in Tiferet
13/04/21 08:20 Filed in: Omer
On this 16th day of counting the Omer, we examine the restraint (Gevurah) in Balance (Tiferet)…
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Read More...Day 15, April 12: The Hesed in Tiferet
12/04/21 09:09 Filed in: Omer
Day 14, April 11: The Malkhut in Gevurah
11/04/21 09:53 Filed in: Omer
Today (April 23) we bring the second week of the Omer counting to a close with the Malkhut in Gevurah.
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Read More...Day 13, April 10: The Yesod in Gevurah
10/04/21 08:59 Filed in: Omer
Yesod literally means "Foundation." It is also associated with sexuality. And Gevurah, in some readings of the Sefirot, is associated with discernment (not a far cry from how we’ve been reading it until now: restraint).
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Day 11, April 8: The Netzach in Gevurah
08/04/21 09:39 Filed in: Omer
Sometimes, I will be talking to the parent of a bar mitzvah or bat mitzvah student who is struggling to maintain his or her spirits over the long haul of learning all of the Hebrew necessary to lead the service and read from the Torah and Haftarah on the Shabbat morning of their celebration. 
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Read More...Day 10, April 7: The Tiferet in Gevurah
07/04/21 15:32 Filed in: Omer
I enjoy having a smart phone, but sometimes I think it is incredibly enslaving! I'm talking about "the tyranny of over-connectedness" and the constant interruption and distraction that our availability to others – via text, email, Facebook, Twitter and so forth – has created. And yet…
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Read More...Day 9, April 6: The Gevurah in Gevurah
06/04/21 14:38 Filed in: Omer
First, I want to sincerely thank all of you who have been participating in omerblog up to this point. This project has turned out to be much more of a gift to me, personally, than I ever would have imagined. It's especially provided an opportunity for me to learn so much more about the practices that we have been discussing here. Also, my apologies for this post being a bit late!
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Read More...Day 8, April 5: The Hesed in Gevurah
05/04/21 09:03 Filed in: Omer
Today we reach a milestone in our counting of the Omer. For one thing, we shift from moving through the inner qualities of Hesed, to moving through the inner qualities of Gevurah.
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Read More...Day 7, April 4: The Malkut in Hesed
04/04/21 08:40 Filed in: Omer
Malchut literally means “kingship” or “majesty,” from the Hebrew root mem-lamed-khaf. It thus denotes power or ability. And so, at 7th day of counting, Malkhut she’b’Hesed, we can ask ourselves: How is power wedded to loving kindness?
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Read More...Day 6, April 3: The Yesod in Hesed
02/04/21 14:38 Filed in: Omer
First, I'm sorry to get this posted a bit late!
Yesod is the "lowest" of the Sefirot, that is to say, the most earthly and closest to us. Arthur Green understands it as "the foundation, including sexual energy." Rabbi Simon Jacobson (Lubavitch) understands it to mean "bonding."
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Yesod is the "lowest" of the Sefirot, that is to say, the most earthly and closest to us. Arthur Green understands it as "the foundation, including sexual energy." Rabbi Simon Jacobson (Lubavitch) understands it to mean "bonding."
Read More...Day 5, April 2: The Hod in Hesed
02/04/21 09:25 Filed in: Omer
Day 4, April 1: The Netzach in Hesed
01/04/21 13:35 Filed in: Omer
