The twenty fifth day is Netzach of Netzach. The pasuk in Tehillim says, “The truth grows from the ground”(85:12). Regarding this verse the Holy Rebbe Menachem Mendel of Kotzk asked his friend, the Chddushei HaRim, “What seed could a person plant that the truth will grow?” The Chiddushei HaRim answered, “If you bury falsehood in […]
This night corresponds to Tiferes of Netzach, which is the idea of finding the beauty in the mundane. Everything in this world has much more to it than we can easily perceive, whether it be a person or a rock there are deeper and deeper levels to be uncovered. When we are doing something that […]
The twenty third night of the Omer is represented by Gevurah of Netzach. “When a seed is planted in the ground it must first break down and lose itself completely before any real growth can take place. The same is true of the soul.” Sometimes, sometimes we may feel as if we have no strength […]
The twenty second night of the Omer is represented by Chesed of Netzach; the idea that for something to last it has to have some type of support. In this case, Chesed, love, is the support. It’s one thing to help someone out in their time of need, that’s simply Chesed. Sometimes though, we are […]
This weeks Parsha is Kedoshim, Holy. So it would make sense that the Parsha discusses how long you have to pray for or how much Torah to study, because those are the things that make a person “holy”, right? But that is not the case. This parsha is most famously known for the commandments about […]
The twentieth day connects to the aspect Yesod of Tiferes. Yesod, represents our foundations – what we build our lives upon. The Krula Rebbe, Rav Naftali Tzvi Horowitz once told me “If your foundation is weak, it makes no difference how many stories you build, or how impressive your structure is, it will forever be […]
The nineteenth night of the Omer corresponds to The Hod of Tiferes. Hod represents humility, and with Tiferes it teaches us to look for the beauty in being humble. Moshe said “May my teachings penetrate like rain” (Devarim 32:2)Rain falls the same on every type of plant, whether the plant grows tall or short, gives […]
The eighteenth night is represented by The Netzach of Tiferes. Often there are people in the world who do good, but with a lot of pessimism because in their mind the world is a bad place – their good action is to benefit themselves and no one else. Since their good deeds have no life […]
The seventeenth night of the Omer is represented by Tiferes of Tiferes. We all have the potential to realize the Godliness that is within each and every creation, to realize each individual creation’s beauty and attachment to Heaven is a holy way of life. When we see a beautiful forest we may think how beautiful […]
A couple of years ago there was a psychological study conducted on 107 stock traders in London. All 107 were separated into their own rooms. Placed before them, a screen with a stock market ticker and three buttons. Two of the three buttons were labeled; “up”, “down”, and one was unlabeled. They were told that […]
