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Contrasting the Sefira of Yesod and Women
Are you counting the sefira every night? I am. And for those of you who haven’t been doing it this year, I encourage you to try doing it next year. It’s a lifechanger. I know that’s a dramatic statement, but I stand by it. The few minutes of connection with Hashem every evening, of following…
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The Omer and the Spirituality of Seven
The depiction of Malchut on the bodily sefirot chart is often outside of the body…
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The Sefira can be seen as one long chol hamoed period from Pesach and Shavuot, beginning with the Exodus from Egypt…
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