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Spiritual Guide to the Omer

By Simon Jacobson
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Day Three: Tiferet of Chesed

3rd Day of the Omer

There is love and there is beautiful love. True love includes empathy and compassion which makes it a beautiful love. Love is often fostered in expectation of reciprocity. Real love is expressed even when one gets nothing in return; even when the other doesn't deserve love. Tiferet is giving also to those that have hurt you. It acknowledges the discipline of gevurah and says that, nevertheless, compassionate love calls for helping all.

Exercise for the day: Offer a helping hand to a stranger.

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Posted: Apr 22, 2011

beautiful garden

Waking into this day, the way for me to remember and carry the 3rd day beauty is to go into my garden and get those precious fava bean sprouts into the prepared earth. Honoring the Beloved Mother, thanking her for continually giving back to us, is, for me, living Tiferet of Chesed. Even if it is a little chilly out there!

Posted By Emine, Seattle, WA

Posted: Apr 22, 2011

Love in the midst of unlovingness

I now understand Love as the 'force or energy' that holds the universe together. I know too that forgiveness is a vital part of the grand design. I have come to the place where after much, much work on myself that I feel terrible if I think or be unloving or if I delay forgiving. This is the freest I have ever been and it feels Great!

Posted By Josie, Toronto, Canada

Posted: Apr 21, 2011

Pure Love

Yes, I feel love in my heart and know my life is blessed beyond my wildest dreams - still when someone I love hurts me, is insensitive, mean or disrespectful, I do feel my heart center close and not want to 'outwardly' reach out or continue to give. I still feel love inside, but it gets restricted from being expressed. I know this is not serving G-d in the purest way. It's a problem for me, especially since it seems to happen often with people/family around me. Expectations!!

Posted By Karyl, Punta Gorda, FL

Posted: Apr 21, 2009

Experiencing Beautiful Love from my Sponsor

I thank G-d daily for blessing me with a wonderful sponsor who though she lives in a foreign country, is of a different religion and English isn't her mother tongue - is available for me and is lovingly helping me recover! To me, her unselfish outpouring of generous love is nothing short of a miracle!

Posted By Chaya Bluma

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