Counting of the Omer: Week 5 Hod – Giving Way
Week 5 Hod: Giving Way Your blueprint is designed as to the change you are committing to—perhaps altered a bit already based on the evaluation and work of the past week (Netzach and overcoming obstacles). Hod literally means to acknowledge and in the context of change a need, to be honest about what you accept […]
Counting of the Omer: Week 4 Netzach – Overcoming Obstacles
Week 4 Netzach: Overcoming Obstacles Your blueprint is set down on paper, and you have “signed off.” A blueprint or plan though is a map, an outline for growth. You may have started down a path of change already and encountered obstacles.This week look at those obstacles and see how you can overcome them. Questions […]
Counting of the Omer: Week 3 Tiferet – A Harmonious Blueprint
Week 3: Tiferet – A Harmonious Blueprint A blueprint or plan harmonizes all input—takes into account all aspects and if it serves the manifestation of change—then it is harmonious and beautiful. The first two weeks of our count have been preparation for this week of Tiferet (they were significant in themselves as creating the possibility […]
Counting of the Omer: Week 2 Gevurah – Determination and Focus
Week 2 Gevurah: Determination and Focus This second week of the counting of the Omer is connected to the Sefirah of Gevurah which means strength. In Kabbalah it is taken as the strength to set limits. As Gevurah sits opposite Chesed (the Sefirah of unbounded love) Gevurah is often interpreted as love through saying, “No.” […]
Passover and Counting of the Omer
PASSOVER and COUNTING OF THE OMER (Week 1: 7 weeks plus an additional day—the 50th –which is the holiday of Shavuot) The week prior to Passover is a time for reflection about what we can and want to change. In terms of the Sefirot we are in the higher realms of the Sefirot […]
Muchas Gracias
Quirino, Janeth, Guillermo, Marcella, Rodrigo, were among the many friendly, helpful staff during our vacation stay in Mexico. They smiled incessantly and offered consummate hospitality. Sometimes our ‘gracias’ was met with ‘de nada,’ but more often with an even broader smile. The staff learned our names and used them in greeting us. One greeter was […]
Sealed with a Kiss: Eulogy for Bob Loup
Based on the Song of Songs (Chapter 8: 6-7) We place you Bob as a seal upon our hearts We place you Bob as a seal upon our arms For love is truly stronger than death A fire whose flame burns eternally For all the waters of the world Cannot extinguish our love for you Rita […]
Love Doesn’t Die
by Dr. David Sanders You learn so much at a funeral about the person and about yourself. Her daughter called to let me know she had died, “she so much liked the classes.” Alice Ruback started to study Kabbalah at age 87. Her mind was sharp, her wit even sharper. Her manner gentle, comforting and […]
Transforming Darkness to Light
Mind is the Master Power that molds and makes And Man is Mind And evermore he takes The tool of Thought Shaping what he wills Brings forth a thousand joys A thousand ills James Allen begins his book, “As Man Thinketh” with this poem—setting the stage for an understanding of the Kabbalah principle of how […]
Sacred Luminosity
On December 21, 1978 an editorial in the New York Times by Anne Roiphe caused a stir in me and many others. Her topic was the celebration of Christmas in her Jewish home, choosing to celebrate it and not celebrate Hanukkah. At the time, Anne was married to a man who was not Jewish but […]