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Day 6 of the Omer – the firm footing for giving
Yesod in Chesed – the bridge, or lens, or foundation, in compassion. Yesod is where we start, a firm footing for our first step into exploring deeper meaning in our lives. It is the bridge to broad...
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Day 15 of the Omer – See Beauty
Chesed in Tiferet – loving kindness and mercy in the perfection of beauty and balance. Perfection and balance are seldom seen as the outcomes of kindness – discipline and rigor definitely, mercy comes...
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Day 22 of the Omer – Overcoming Self With Compassion
Chesed in Netzach – compassionate kindness in eternity of the self. We can try to see the universe as centered on ourselves, we could be the pivot of all existence – this is the essence of Netzach,...
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Day 29 of the Omer – Humility and Compassion
Chesed in Hod – compassion in awe and humility. I find it easy to see compassion coming from our sense of smallness – this allows us to sympathize easily. We must proceed cautiously lest we get swept...
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Day 43 of the Omer – kind actions
Chesed in Malchut – kindness and mercy in the dwelling presence of the universe. We want to act, to make a difference. Let us find compassion for our acting – when we act not as well as we would like...
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The Compassion of Silence
Day Seven of the Omer Our final day in the week focusing on compassion and loving-kindness asks us to reflect on Malchut-Rulership – the mystical concept of the intersection between spirituality and...
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Kind and strict – we need both
Eighth Day of the Omer We began the second week of the Omer last night, thinking about the idea of gevurah, or “power” and “strictness”, and we start with chesed, the element of kindness and compassion...
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Complexity, Compassion, Beauty
Day 15 of the Omer. Chesed in Tiferet – Compassion in harmoniously balanced beauty. Our Omer Counting asks us to begin each of our value reflections with compassion and caring. Start with that, and...
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Self-Care is Good
Day Twenty-Two of the Omer [Applies to yesterday, from Tuesday night through Wednesday, May 6 – 7 – sorry for the delay!] Chesed in Netzach – kindness and compassion in the ego everlasting. My...
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Jewish Environmental Spirituality
Day 29 of the Omer Chesed in Hod – loving-kindness in grace. We open up this week of the Omer focusing on humility, grace, and smallness. A week of remembering that the role of the pixel is both vital...
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Succeed by Starting With Compassion
Day 36 of the Omer Chesed in Yesod – loving kindness in a solid foundation. I like to hope that society will eventually recognize more fully that compassion is an essential element of civilization, and...
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