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Aharon N. Varady and Lieba B. Ruth
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Sefirat ha'Omer, Nirtsah
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eco-conscious, barley, wheat, counting, growing, apprehension, watchfulness, trepidation, growth, ecoḥasid, neo-lurianic, ספירת העומר sefirat haomer, ספירות sephirot
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Each day between the beginning of Passover and Shavuot gets counted, 49 days in all, 7 weeks of seven days. That makes the omer period a miniature version of the Shmitta and Yovel (Jubilee) cycle of 7 cycles of seven years. Just as that cycle is one of resetting society’s clock to align ourselves with freedom and with the needs of the land, this cycle too is a chance to align ourselves with the rhythms of spring and the spiritual freedom represented by the Torah. . . . |
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David Seidenberg, Arthur Waskow, neohasid.org and the Shalom Center
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Sefirat ha'Omer
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eco-conscious, ל״ג בעומר lag baomer, North America, ל״ב בעומר lev ba'omer, תחינות teḥinot, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, ecoḥasid, Northampton, Rainbow Day, יום קשת Yom Qeshet
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This is a prayer to be read between the 17th and the 27th of Iyyar (בין י״ז ו-כ״ז באייר), between the 32nd (ל״ב) and 42nd (מ״ב) days of the Omer. . . . |
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David Seidenberg, Arthur Waskow, neohasid.org and the Shalom Center
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Sefirat ha'Omer
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ל״ג בעומר lag baomer, North America, ל״ב בעומר lev ba'omer, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., English vernacular prayer, יום קשת Yom Qeshet
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“Between the Fires” by Rabbi David Seidenberg, originally published at neohasid.org, is derived from the prayer of Rabbi Arthur Waskow (the Shalom Center), “Between the Fires: A Prayer for lighting Candles of Commitment” which draws on traditional midrash about the danger of a Flood of Fire, and the passage from Malachi. Another version of this prayer by Rabbi David Seidenberg, “A Prayer between the Fires (between the 32nd and 42nd days of the Omer)” is available, here. . . . |
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Aharon Varady (translation/Hebrew) and Harry Nilsson
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Sefirat ha'Omer
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20th century C.E., זמירות zemirot, Know Before Whom You Stand, פיוטים piyyutim, 58th century A.M., Prayers as poems, English vernacular prayer, שכינה Shekhinah, loneliness, love your fellow as yourself, non-dual theology, love-sickness, counting songs
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A Hebrew translation of the lyrics to Harry Nilsson’s “One” (1967) as sung by Aimee Mann (1995) . . . |
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Aharon N. Varady and Unknown Author(s)
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Pesaḥ, Ḥanukkah, Shavuot, Tehilim Book 2 (Psalms 42–72), Shabbat, Sukkot, Sefirat ha'Omer, Slavery & Captivity
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acrostic, labyrinth, cyclical, barley, wheat, first fruits, anxiety, Psalms 67, Raḥav, shalmah, a red ribbon, walled cities, captives, אנא בכח Ana b'Khoaḥ, 42 letter divine name, Divine name acrostic
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Psalm 67 is a priestly blessing for all the peoples of the earth to be sustained by the earth’s harvest (yevulah), and it is a petition that all humanity recognize the divine nature (Elohim) illuminating the world. Composed of seven verses, the psalm is often visually depicted as a seven branched menorah. There are 49 words in the entire psalm, and in the Nusaḥ ha-ARI z”l there is one word for each day of the Sefirat haOmer. Similarly, the fifth verse has 49 letters and each letter can be used as a focal point for meditating on the meaning of the day in its week in the journey to Shavuot, the festival of weeks (the culmination of the barley harvest), and the festival of oaths (shevuot) in celebration of receiving the Torah. Many of the themes of Psalm 67 are repeated in the prayer Ana b’Koaḥ, which also has 49 words, and which are also used to focus on the meaning of each day on the cyclical and labyrinthine journey towards Shavuot. . . . |
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