Day 26: Hod she’b’Netzach, Gratitude for Endurance QUESTIONS Read, re-read, sit with your feelings. What different feelings are there? Who…
Category: Wisdom
Omer 25: Mystery Eternal
Day 25: Netzach she’b’Netzach, Endurance in Eternity INTRODUCTION The mystery of Kabbalah. Metaphysically, how can timeless divine energy manifest in…
Omer 24: The Beautiful Work
Day 24: Tiferet she’b’Netzach, Beauty in Endurance TEXT Rabbi Tarfon used to say, “It is not up to you to…
Omer 14, Wise Woman
Day 14: Malchut she’b’Gevurah, Shechinah in Judgment TEXT STUDY: It is Wisdom calling; understanding raising her voice. She takes her…
Omer 13, Mantra
Day 13: Yesod she’b’Gevurah, Foundation of Judgment TEXT STUDY: שמע ישראל ה׳ אלוהינו ה׳ אחד Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai…
Omer 12, Inspired Learning
Day 12: Hod she’b’Gevurah, Splendour in Judgment TEXT STUDY: Divine inspiration filled him with wisdom and with understanding and with…
Q: Omer 11, Pocket Wisdom
Day 11: Netzach she’b’Gevurah, Enduring Judgment TEXT STUDY: Rabbi Simcha Bunim teaches: every person should have two pockets. In one…
Miriam's Well At Twilight
Miriam’s well. Maybe you know the legend. Wherever Miriam, the sister of Moses went, a miraculous well appeared. This story…
Mouth of the Donkey
Mouth of the Donkey. Vancouver’s Jewish Book Festival invited me to introduce it with a 5-minute “literary quickie.” So, here’s…