Foundation of Balance & Israel’s 75th Birthday, 20 Days Omer 5783
Twenty days of the Omer and Israel’s 75th Birthday as a modern state. Foundation of Balance. Reflecting on how Zionism is central to my identity.
Splendor of Balance: 19 Days of the Omer 5783
Today is 19 days, which is 2 weeks and 5 days of the Omer. Hod ShebeTiferet, Splendor of Balance. The Temple within holds space for the Harmony calling us into our best selves.
Enduring Balance: 18 Days of the Omer
18 Days of the Omer, Enduring Balance. Sinking into the possibility of permanently choosing to balance our judgment with our love.
Pure Harmony, Beauty, Truth, and Compassion: 17 Days of the Omer
17 days, which is 2 weeks and 3 days, of the Omer. Pure essence of Tiferet: Harmony, Beauty, Truth, Compassion. The perfect synthesis of Grace and Judgment.
Boundaries of Beauty, 16 Days of the Omer
Today is 16 days, which is 2 weeks and 2 days of the Omer. Gevurah ShebeTiferet, Limits within Beauty. Just being. Appreciating things as they are.
Grace in Balance, Truth, and Beauty: 15 Days of the Omer
15 Days of the Omer, the Week of Tiferet begins. Beauty, Harmony, Balance, Truth, Compassion. The synthesis of Grace and Limits.
Indwelling of Boundaries, 14 Days of the Omer 5783
Today is 14 days, which is 2 weeks of the Omer. Indwelling of Boundaries. Living into the flow of our human limitations. Embracing the embodied life.
Foundation of Boundaries: 13 Days of the Omer
Foundation of Boundaries: What makes us different provides our foundation. 13 days of the Omer. Clarifying the difference between universal values and particular life.
Temple of Judgment and Strength, 12 Days of the Omer 5783
12 Days of the Omer, Temple of Judgment and Strength. Recognizing that God is the center of these meditations on Yom HaShoah, the Day of Remembering the Catastrophe. One-third of Jews were murdered in WWII. The holiness and limitations of God.
Eternal Boundaries, 11 Days of the Omer
Eleven days of the Omer, Eternal Boundaries. Some moral boundaries should be clear to everyone. What about the choices we make in relationships on a daily basis? How do we live into our ethical red lines?
Beautiful Limits, Ten Days of the Omer
Ten days of the Omer, Beautiful Limits. Tiferet ShebeGevurah. Reflections on how limits secure us, allowing us to live into our full selves.
Boundaries and Judgment, Nine Days Omer 5783
9 days of the Omer, 1 week and 2 days. The heart of Gevurah: boundaries, judgment, discipline, strength. Finding ways to hold space for this structure within Shabbat. Making space for the Shadow within.
Grace within Boundaries, 8 Days of the Omer 5783
Today is 8 days of the Omer, Grace within Boundaries. Allowing ourselves to flow into Now and accepting all that means.
Indwelling of Grace, Seven Days of Omer 5783
Seven days of the Omer, Indwelling of Grace. Though perhaps foreign sounding to most Jewish minds, Grace lives within us. When we make space for our souls, we have the opportunity to be held within Grace.
Foundation of Grace, Six Days of Omer 5783
Foundation of Grace. Six Days of Omer. Connecting with other people and building intentional community creates a foundation for Flow.
Splendor of Grace, Five Days of the Omer 5783
Splendor within Grace, Hod ShebeChesed, Five Days of the Omer. Great Art is the container that holds Grace’s Splendor. Sink into it today.
Four Days of Omer: Enduring Grace
Choosing to connect every day with Grace. Accepting responsibility for enduring through life. Day Four of the Omer, 5783. Netzach ShebeChesed.
Three Days Omer: Beauty within Grace
Three Days of the Omer, Beauty within Grace. Allowing Beauty to transform us and lift us into Grace.
Exodus, Passover, Divine Emanations, Revelation
Chol HaMoed Pesach Shabbat Sermon 5783. Moving from a clear-eyed understanding of the Exodus to meaningful Omer count with the emanations of the Divine towards revelation.
One Day Omer 5783 Enveloped in Grace
Become enveloped in the Grace flowing through the Universe. Begin the seven week journey towards revelation by living more deeply into today.