Kesher Talk

Shavuot count-down: Day 15 of counting the Omer. Using Kabbalistic symbology for counting the Omer - the days between the 2nd night of Pesach and the start of Shavuot - we have travelled through all of the combinations of the 7 lower sephirot with the sephira of Gevurah. Tonight we begin 7 days of combining these sephirot with the sephira of Tiferet, starting with Chesed of Tiferet: Lovingkindness in Compassion. Rabbi Simon Jacobson's meditation for this day of the Omer:

Examine the love aspect of compassion. Ask yourself: Is my compassion tender and loving or does it come across as pity? Is my sympathy condescending and patronizing? Even if my intention is otherwise, do others perceive it as such? Does my compassion overflow with love and warmth; is it expressed with enthusiasm, or is it static and lifeless?

(More on counting the Omer here)

posted by Judith @ 5/01/2003 08:26:34 PM