04/24/2024
First day of week one:
JESED DE JESED
Evening of 23rd and 24th of April.
“Today is an Omer Day” HA YOM, YOM EJAD LAOMER (Say this phrase out loud to have counted the day from sunset on the corresponding day).
WEEK ONE : JESED
Jesed power generalities and the whole first week.
Jesed is manifested in this world as Love, Goodness and Mercy
According to the Kabalah, this world was created on the merit of the sefira of Jesed and to manifest Love.
Love can be so scorching that nothing can stand in its way.
King Solomon said (Song of Songs 8:7): “Many waters cannot quench love.”. This is because human love is rooted in the Divine Attribute of Jesed (Goodness).
Because God constantly pours out His goodness upon Creation, feelings of kindness and love always abound in the world. They can lift man to incredible heights, or to the deepest abyss.
There are perverse loves, love of money, love of power; even sexual immorality is usually a perversion of love and, as we said before, man is capable of anything for love.
But there is also love for others.
Love has this intensity since Jesed's Sephirah is the first place where all the energy of Kéter, Jojmá and Binah enters our world of taxation, ceasing to be hidden mindsets to begin revealing themselves through the Tree of Life. This means going out towards others and moving towards others for their own benefit.
Seen differently, Jesed is higher than Guevurá, indicating that he is above and beyond restriction, which proves the great power of love. However, it is immediately followed by Guevurá to be restricted, as such powerful energy can be used for both good and evil.
The key to Love is balance and the expression of kindness. There is no true love where there is no kindness.
There are two other Hebrew words that have the same numerical value as the word LOVE - AHAVA = 13 and are EJAD (One or Unity), and DAAGA (Care). The true purpose of creation is to restore the initial Unity between all the pieces of the Vase (humans) and Unity between the Vase and the Light (Us and the Creator) and the only way to achieve it is through Love and Care. To love is to care for the other as if you were ONE yourself, without expecting anything in return. Just as we live trying to satisfy our desires, so we should look to satisfy the desires of others or at least of those we claim to Love.
JESED DE JESED (specific to the first day of Omer).
This first day of the first week that is Jesed of Jesed is Love for Love. If we truly understand what Love is, as explained before, we should be able to love what we feel when we express true love. I know it may sound cheesy, but I'm talking about loving caring for another person, loving creating unity, or satisfying the other's desire. We often think that caring and giving is a price we must pay to maintain a good loving relationship rather than giving and caring with absolute pleasure.
Today check the relationship you have with those you say you love. Do you really enjoy giving what the other person wants? For today do not judge whether what the other person asks or desires is good or bad; just give and do it in love with giving.
