The 48th day of the Counting of the Omer begins on Sunday night. Tonight we count six weeks and six days of the Omer.
This is the day of Yesod within Malchut, connection within nobility. Today I am thinking about how nobility is revealed in our relationships with other people. Could there possibly be a better way of demonstrating the highest within us than in the way we connect with others?
One of the great things about my job is that I get to see ordinary people doing extraordinarily noble things. Here are some examples:
• I have seen a group of churches and synagogues come together on their own to set up an emergency food pantry to feed hungry people in the aftermath of the worldwide financial meltdown.
• I have seen people make very generous donations, anonymously, so that the children of strangers could spend the summer at Jewish summer camps.
• I have seen a group of parents – many of whom were paying for their own children's bar and bat mitzvah celebrations – come together to pay for the celebration of another child whose family was going through a crisis.
• Just this week, I have seen a rabbi's grieving family receive an outpouring of sympathy and support from members of the congregation he is about to leave. I have seen the same outpouring of sympathy and support from the congregation he has not yet even begun to serve.
I know that I have been the beneficiary of such noble love and care many times in my life – and right now in particular. I am tremendously grateful. I have seen how people truly merit eternity in the selfless and beautiful things that they do for one another.
On this 48th Day of the Counting of the Omer, I commit to strive toward such nobility myself. I commit to connecting with people in small and profound ways that allow the best to shine through.
May this be a day for you in which you connect to others and discover the highest within yourself.
For the introduction to the Counting of the Omer, click on this link:
The First Day of the Counting of the Omer
This is the day of Yesod within Malchut, connection within nobility. Today I am thinking about how nobility is revealed in our relationships with other people. Could there possibly be a better way of demonstrating the highest within us than in the way we connect with others?
One of the great things about my job is that I get to see ordinary people doing extraordinarily noble things. Here are some examples:
• I have seen a group of churches and synagogues come together on their own to set up an emergency food pantry to feed hungry people in the aftermath of the worldwide financial meltdown.
• I have seen people make very generous donations, anonymously, so that the children of strangers could spend the summer at Jewish summer camps.
• I have seen a group of parents – many of whom were paying for their own children's bar and bat mitzvah celebrations – come together to pay for the celebration of another child whose family was going through a crisis.
• Just this week, I have seen a rabbi's grieving family receive an outpouring of sympathy and support from members of the congregation he is about to leave. I have seen the same outpouring of sympathy and support from the congregation he has not yet even begun to serve.
I know that I have been the beneficiary of such noble love and care many times in my life – and right now in particular. I am tremendously grateful. I have seen how people truly merit eternity in the selfless and beautiful things that they do for one another.
On this 48th Day of the Counting of the Omer, I commit to strive toward such nobility myself. I commit to connecting with people in small and profound ways that allow the best to shine through.
May this be a day for you in which you connect to others and discover the highest within yourself.
For the introduction to the Counting of the Omer, click on this link:
The First Day of the Counting of the Omer
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