Spoiler alert: I’ll be talking about Lag B’Omer. And Rabbi Akiva. Soon. But first, today’s Omer quality. Hod. Splendor. Also…
Month: April 2021
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…
Humility: Omer 31

Tiferet. Beauty. Some say balance. Because on the tree of sefirot, love and judgment both flow into it. Tiferet sits…
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…
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?…
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…
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…
Endure: Omer 26

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