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The period between Passover and Shavuot marks two kinds of movement through time: the passage of the seven weeks between the barley offering and the first wheat offering at the ancient Temple during these spring festivals, and the transition from slavery to true liberation. On Passover, we leave Egypt, but on Shavuot we receive the Torah, which gives us our purpose as a people, answering the question of the ultimate goal of our collective freedom. For many people, the “counting of the Omer”—these 49 days—provides a time for reflection and growth, often using the seven “lower” emanations of God in the kabbalistic system as spiritual themes for each day and week. Another extraordinary approach offers the opportunity to meditate each day on a biblical woman whose life reflects the mystical qualities associated with that day.
Learning from the Mussar Movement to apply lovingkindness to discipline
Learning to self-contract to practice humility
Cultivating compassion that endures
Beauty and compassion provide support for endurance
Lovingkindness is the foundation of human experience
“Relax and stretch into love, whispers the gate of Hod in Hesed”
“When I heard the decree, I said nothing. / Who were the Hebrews to me, anyway?”
“We are getting to the bottom of it, the very foundation of majesty”
“Much like surgery, it’s often necessary for me to receive my wounds in order to grow…”
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