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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.
“Maybe I can be a sprout poking / Through the cold stone…”
Like Moses, the students of Parkland show us the true meaning of the discipline of endurance
Today, we look to the strength that can be manifested within beauty
One may need to continually endure to feel strength within their own humility
Meditation based on qiqong energy cultivation
“I am afraid. I am, after all, complicit”
“May you seek the green and / receive what you need”
“Love needs a good container, a channel through which to pour its joy…”
“Let holiness fortify your bones, / Fire your nerves, / Enliven your flesh”
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