Kesher Talk

Shavuot count-down: Day 2 of counting the Omer. Using the Kabbalistic symbology for counting the Omer - the days between the 2nd night of Pesach and the start of Shavuot - tonight begins the Gevurah of Chesed: Discipline in Lovingkindness. Rabbi Simon Jacobson's meditation for this day of the Omer:

Healthy love must always include an element of discipline and discernment; a degree of distance and respect for another’s boundaries; an assessment of another’s capacity to contain your love. Love must be tempered and directed properly. Ask a parent who, in the name of love, has spoiled a child; or someone who suffocates a spouse with love and doesn't allow them any personal space.

(More on counting the Omer here)

posted by Judith @ 4/18/2003 08:14:50 PM