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Month: April 2021

Jewish Practices, Torah

Role Models: Omer 33

April 29, 2021 No comment(s)
Role Models: Omer 33

Spoiler alert: I’ll be talking about Lag B’Omer. And Rabbi Akiva. Soon. But first, today’s Omer quality. Hod. Splendor. Also…

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Jewish Practices, Wisdom

Persona: Omer 32

April 28, 2021 2 comments
Persona: Omer 32

Netzach: Success. Hod: Humility. Netzach she’b’hod: Successful humility. Or, in other words, a good public persona. Sometimes, I do think…

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Jewish Practices, Spirituality

Humility: Omer 31

April 27, 2021 No comment(s)
Humility: Omer 31

Tiferet. Beauty. Some say balance. Because on the tree of sefirot, love and judgment both flow into it. Tiferet sits…

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God, Kabbalah, Philosophy

Creator? You there? Omer 30

April 26, 2021 No comment(s)
Creator? You there? Omer 30

Gevurah. Judgment, boundary, form. Hod. Splendor. Gevurah she’b’hod. Forms of splendor. The tradition of Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism, describes God as…

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Wisdom

Less than Love: Omer 29

April 26, 2021 2 comments
Less than Love: Omer 29

Chesed. Divine love. Hod. Divine splendor. Chesed she’b’Hod. The love that’s part of divine splendor. Can I start out sermonizing?…

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Wisdom

Where's God? Omer 28

April 24, 2021 No comment(s)
Where's God? Omer 28

Malchut. Royalty. Also known as Shechinah. God’s close-dwelling presence. In theological jargon: the immanent God. Netzach. Eternity. One of the…

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Family, Jewish Practices, Torah, Wisdom

Compromise: Omer 27

April 24, 2021 No comment(s)
Compromise: Omer 27

Yesod. Foundation. Netzach, Lasting. Yesod she’b’netzach: Foundations of what is lasting. Let’s say, for example, relationship. One of those foundations…

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God, Love

Endure: Omer 26

April 22, 2021 No comment(s)
Endure: Omer 26

God is eternal. Humans temporarily endure. We’re so different. But the Omer count gives us only “seven sefirot to describe…

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Ecology, Jewish Practices, Philosophy, Wisdom

Consider Eternity: Omer 25

April 21, 2021 2 comments
Consider Eternity: Omer 25

Netzach. Eternity. Netzach she’b’Netzach.  Eternity within Eternity. Whoa. But also: Hooray! Whoa because it’s a tangle of abstract ideas. An…

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