We are over halfway through our counting of the Omer.  May you be blessed through the remaining days and weeks as we draw nearer to Revelation. H-I OMER - WEEK 4 pdf  

BLESSING OF THE NEW MONTH – BIRKAT HA’CHODESH May it be Your will, O Lord, our God and the God of our forefathers, that You inaugurate this month of Iyyar upon us for goodness and for blessing. May You give us long life:a life of peace – Shaloma life of goodness – Tovah a life of blessing – Bracha a life of sustenance - Parnassa a life of physical health – Hilutz Atzamot a life in which there is a fear of heaven and fear of sin – Yirat Shamayim ve’ Yirat Chet a life in which there is no humiliation – Ein Busha u’Chlimah a

BHBW - THE ALEPH-BET                            IYYAR 5783 / 2023 GIMMEL - DALET   Don’t underestimate kindness,  Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. ~ Mark Twain As we saw with the first word of the Torah, Breisheet -  בראשית - ‘In the beginning,’ the letter Bet is the letter of beginnings. The Gimmel steps forward from Bet, like a person leaving the house, the bayit,  to take action. It is the letter representing g’milut chasadim - גמילות חסדים - acts of

COUNTING UP TO REVELATION Teach us to number/count our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom. Psalm 90:12 Counting the fifty days from the second day of Passover to the Jubilee day of Pentecost, or Shavuot, is called Sefirat Ha’Omer – Counting the Omer. Two questions immediately spring to mind: “What is the Omer?” and “Why should we count it?” The Hebrew word omer literally means ‘measure.’ Biblically, it is associated with the offering of the first sheaf of the barley harvest in the Temple on the sixteenth day of Nissan, which is the second day of

 Join HIS-ISRAEL as we count the Omer - the significant days between PESACH (Passover)and SHAVUOT (Pentecost).They will be shared in weekly installments.Psalm 119 traditionally is read at this time. The psalm is divided in groups of 8 verses, each group beginning with the consecutive letters of the Hebrew Alphabet (alphabet). So, let's begin our daily counting based on Psalm 119, and you can enjoy the Hebrew letters at the same time.BLESSING to be said before the counting each day.Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu, melech ha’olam, asher kid’shanu be’mitzvotav ve’tzivanu al Sefirat ha’Omer. Ha’yom, yom echad [sheni, shlishi...] ba’Omer.Blessed are you, O LORD

ALEPH and BET Each Hebrew letter is a vessel for ideas and truth that HaShem has given to the world.  ~ Reb Nosson of Breslov Being the Word of G-d, Hebrew is a sacred language. In Jewish tradition it is valued as a multidimensional divine gift, one filled with both clear truth and holy mysteries. The Hebrew word for letter is ot, which also means sign or wonder - a heavenly revelation. It is considered that each letter - its name, pictorial form, position in the AlephBet, and its numerical value is ordained by G-d.  Consequently, when a scribe writes

  Twenty-two foundation letters He hewed them He combined them He wove them together He weighed them  He interchanged them And He created with them the whole Creation And everything that was to be created.   In order to create we need the light of inspiration - to “see” or envision what is to be created, and then the energy to take action, to put the thought into a visible form in order to bring it to life - to bring it from the abstract into reality. However, before we can form a thought in our minds we need words,

Every Festival of the Hebrew calendar year reminds us to take note, to be aware and to  be surprised by the newness that God continually offers us. We can look back to where we were the previous year and consider how far we have come spiritually. The  Festivals of the Bible do not measure chronological time, such as birthdays and anniversaries do, but serve to measure spiritual progress and growth. Each festival we can ask ourselves, 'Have I spiralled upward and drawn closer to God?  Or have I allowed myself to drift and, as a result, spiralled downward and further away from His

SIMPLIFY & SOAR                                                                         20223/5873  ADAR -   Malchut: Mystery, Hidden Miracles, and the Color Black At the core of the soul is a silence that ripples into the music of beauty  and the whisperings of the Eternal. ~ John O’Donohue The month of Adar arrives with mysteries and celebration, with laughter and revelation, with fun and paradoxes. On the festival of Purim, when we

SIMPLIFY & SOAR                                                                         2022 /5873 TEVET   Hod: Humility and Devotion, Joshua, and the Color Saffron O Lord, how many are Your wonderful works!  In wisdom You have made them all.  The earth is full of Your treasures.    ~ Psalm 104:24 Tevet, a month when some experience rain, snow, and ice, but much is happening beneath what is seen on the surface: “Bare

Yesod: Connection and Bonding, Joseph, and the Color Brown Breath, which I draw in, from You it comes, Light in my eyes, from you it alights, Advice which I follow, it is grounded in You, My spirit, no matter what obstacles it encounters, beholds You, and yields. ~ Yehudah HaLevi (A singer of Zion, born 1080)  On Rosh Chodesh Shvat, Moshe began to explain the Torah to the new generation of Israelites - those who were born during the previous forty years of wandering in the wilderness. His final teachings are recorded in the book of Deuteronomy / Devarim. In

 KISLEV - NETZACH, MOSHE, AND THE COLOR PURPLE  “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple, with a red hat which doesn't go and doesn't suit me.” ~ Jenny Joseph Welcome to Kislev - a month of wonder, light, miracles and inspiration. It falls in Israel, and the Northern hemisphere, at the darkest, wintery time of the year, thus the month is a perfect time to quietly reignite our own inner light and to stir new life into any slumbering dreams or visions. During the last week of the month (18 - 26 December), when the sun and