The first three weeks of our Omer journey from Passover (liberation) to Shavuot (revelation) were themed to calibrating our character capacities around love (hesed), strength (gevurah) and balance (tiferet). From our to love and be loved, we evoked soft-hearted courage to face the future, boundaries flexible enough to avoid excess rigidity but strong enough to protect us from abuse, and balanced beauty and spirituality that lift us without fetishizing. This fourth Omer week focuses on resilience (netzah), which is about more than forward progress like the Energizer Bunny. |
By Rabbi David Evan Markus
"What will this year's Passover seder be like?" It's a question I've heard asked many times (sometimes asked directly to me, other times not). Here are some coming attractions in the form of Four Questions (and answers).
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