4 Sivan 5772
Tonight is 49 Days to the Omer
SHAVUOT IS TOMORROW NIGHT!!!!
Shabbat Kodesh Parashat BaMidbar and Hag Shavuot
*Hadlakat Nerot NY:
On Erev Shabbat (Friday), 7:57pm
On Mossai Shabbat, after 9:06pm or 9:27pm for Rabbenu Tam
On Sunday Night, after 9:07pm
*Shavuot Ends Monday Night 9:07pm or 9:29pm for Rabbenu Tam
Day 48 ― Yesod of Malkhut: Bonding in Nobility
Examine the bonding aspect of your sovereignty. Healthy independence should not prevent you from bonding with another person. On the contrary: self-confidence allows you to respect and trust another's sovereignty and ultimately bond with him. That bond will strengthen your own sovereignty, rather than sacrifice it.
Does my sovereignty prevent me from bonding? Could that be because of deeper insecurities of which I am unaware? Do I recognize the fact that a fear of bonding reflects a lack of self-confidence in my own sovereignty?
Exercise for the day: Actualize your sovereignty by intensifying your bond with a close one.
Tomorrow:
Day 49 ― Malkhut of Malkhut: Nobility in Nobility
Examine the sovereignty of your sovereignty. Does it come from deep-rooted inner confidence in myself? Or is it just a put-on to mask my insecurities? Does that cause my sovereignty to be excessive? Am I aware of my uniqueness as a person? Of my personal contribution?
Exercise for the day: Take a moment and concentrate on yourself, on your true inner self, not on your performance and how you project to others; and be at peace with yourself knowing that God created a very special person which is you.
After the 49 days of Counting the Omer, after having fully achieved inner renewal by merit of having assessed and developed each of our 49 attributes, we arrive at the fiftieth day. On this day we celebrate the Festival of Shavuot, the giving of the Torah (Matan Torah). After we have accomplished all we can through our own initiative, then we are worthy to receive a gift (matan) from Above which we could not have achieved with our own limited faculties. We receive the ability to reach and touch the Divine; not only to be cultivated human beings who have refined all of our personal characteristics, but divine human beings who are capable of expressing ourselves above and beyond the definitions and limitations of our beings.
Yashar Koah everybody on counting this far!!
For a Devar Torah on Parashat BaMidbar and Hag Shavuot, please visit www.flyingsoul-o.blogspot.com
!חג שבועות שמח ושבת שלום ומברוך
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