Posted by in Uncategorized I am still in shock. I haven’t written about what happened in Boston on Monday other than on my Facebook page. But what the city of Boston and our nation experienced is exactly what Israel experiences on a regular basis and throughout the Second Intifada. A bombing on a city street where people were gathered…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Omer blessing today for day 26 – it is a day of hod shebnetzach. Hod sits opposite Netzach on the Tree of Life. Both are the feet-bringing a person to action. Hod is also the place of where form is given language and Netzach is the place of our unconscious desire. Today is the day…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Shabbat Shalom World. Day of Beauty-tiferet, Day of Above all other days! Malchut sheb’tiferet. Ruling in beauty. That is today. Twenty days of the Omer. Sweet Shabbat most beautiful of other days-day of union and rest and renewal.
Posted by in Uncategorized Today Yom Haaztmaut -Israel’s Independence Day! The renewal of the Jewish homeland in our life time!!!! It is also the 19th day of counting the Omer. Today we also think about the attributes of hod b’tiferet. Hod is splendor and majesty. Tiferet is balance and beauty. The splendor and majestic beauty of Israel is the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Two weeks and Two days-that is how long we have been counting. For 16 days we have been working on spiritual repair and correction. First within ourselves and then carrying that tikkun into the world. This period of reflection between Pesach and Shavuot are marked with spiritual preparation and purification in order that when we…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Day seven of the omer! A whole week of counting has happened. The first week. The week of Chesed-lovingkindness. Did you practice it? Today is Malchut b’Chesed Soverienty in lovingkindness… how do you wield power? Our tradition teaches that even for the Holy One of blessing that compassion outweighs strict justice. Be careful how…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized The future is unknown. But today is day four of the Omer and teaches us Netzach b’Chesed: Eternity, perseverance with loving-kindness. We can’t know the future, we can try and control its outcome but the truth is that it is beyond our control. We can ultimately only control our own actions and reactions. Netzach b’Chesed reminds us…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Tonight we observe the holy day of Shavuot. The Feast of Weeks. For seven weeks we have counted the omer, marking off with anticipation and excitement our journey from Passover and freedom to this moment at the foot of Mt. Sinai. We are here! Soon God will reveal the Torah to us. One tradition says…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Happy Passover one and all. I hope your Seder was joyful and yummy too. Tonight many will celebrate a second seder but what makes tonight so different is the counting of the omer. It begins on the second night of Passover and culminates 50 days later in our next festival of Shavuot. Each night (or…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Today is a miracle day. We got the call. They found a heart for my son’s father. And we await all the preliminary tests so the transplant can take place. Who knew miracles involved such waiting around? But in this case you want all the team to be ready. And all the t’s crossed and…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 