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Contrasting Women and the Sefira of Netzach
Netzach is the fourth of the seven sefirot and the first of the second group. The first three, ‘chessed’ (kindness), ‘gevurah’ (justice/discipline) and ‘tifferet’ (beauty/harmony) are considered to represent a person’s upper body. While ‘netzach’ (eternity/endurance/victory), ‘hod’ (glory/splendor) and ‘yesod’ (foundation) represent the lower body. In particular ‘netzach’ and ‘hod’ are associated with the right…
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One Day at a Time: The Spiritual Power of Counting the Omer
The Exodus from Egypt was not just a physical liberation…
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The Halachot of Sefirat HaOmer
The mitzvah of counting the Omer is a positive time-bound mitzvah from which women are exempt.
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Balance of Brotherhood: What We Can Learn from Rabbi Akiva’s Students
During the days of counting the Omer, we implement certain practices of aveilut, to mourn the twenty-four thousand students of Rabbi Akiva who died during the period from Pesach to Shavuot. These were giants of Torah, the next generation of torch-bearers trained to carry the tradition into the diaspora so Torah could survive. What do…
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Contrasting Women and the Sefira of Tiferet
Tiferet is a trait of perfection. It is a wholesome blend, a measured synthesis of both chesed and gevura…
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Contrasting Women and the Sefira of Gevura
The world was created and infused with different middot with which to guide and instruct human actions and choices…
