Rabbi Minster 4/22/23 Rabbi Minster 4/22/23

Boundaries of Beauty, 16 Days of the Omer

Today is 16 days, which is 2 weeks and 2 days of the Omer. Gevurah ShebeTiferet, Limits within Beauty. Just being. Appreciating things as they are.

Rabbi Minster 4/21/23 Rabbi Minster 4/21/23

Grace in Balance, Truth, and Beauty: 15 Days of the Omer

15 Days of the Omer, the Week of Tiferet begins. Beauty, Harmony, Balance, Truth, Compassion. The synthesis of Grace and Limits.

Rabbi Minster 4/19/23 Rabbi Minster 4/19/23

Indwelling of Boundaries, 14 Days of the Omer 5783

Today is 14 days, which is 2 weeks of the Omer. Indwelling of Boundaries. Living into the flow of our human limitations. Embracing the embodied life.

Rabbi Minster 4/19/23 Rabbi Minster 4/19/23

Foundation of Boundaries: 13 Days of the Omer

Foundation of Boundaries: What makes us different provides our foundation. 13 days of the Omer. Clarifying the difference between universal values and particular life.

Rabbi Minster 4/17/23 Rabbi Minster 4/17/23

Temple of Judgment and Strength, 12 Days of the Omer 5783

12 Days of the Omer, Temple of Judgment and Strength. Recognizing that God is the center of these meditations on Yom HaShoah, the Day of Remembering the Catastrophe. One-third of Jews were murdered in WWII. The holiness and limitations of God.

Rabbi Minster 4/17/23 Rabbi Minster 4/17/23

Eternal Boundaries, 11 Days of the Omer

Eleven days of the Omer, Eternal Boundaries. Some moral boundaries should be clear to everyone. What about the choices we make in relationships on a daily basis? How do we live into our ethical red lines?

Rabbi Minster 4/16/23 Rabbi Minster 4/16/23

Beautiful Limits, Ten Days of the Omer

Ten days of the Omer, Beautiful Limits. Tiferet ShebeGevurah. Reflections on how limits secure us, allowing us to live into our full selves.

Rabbi Minster 4/15/23 Rabbi Minster 4/15/23

Boundaries and Judgment, Nine Days Omer 5783

9 days of the Omer, 1 week and 2 days. The heart of Gevurah: boundaries, judgment, discipline, strength. Finding ways to hold space for this structure within Shabbat. Making space for the Shadow within.

Rabbi Minster 4/13/23 Rabbi Minster 4/13/23

Grace within Boundaries, 8 Days of the Omer 5783

Today is 8 days of the Omer, Grace within Boundaries. Allowing ourselves to flow into Now and accepting all that means.

Rabbi Minster 4/13/23 Rabbi Minster 4/13/23

Indwelling of Grace, Seven Days of Omer 5783

Seven days of the Omer, Indwelling of Grace. Though perhaps foreign sounding to most Jewish minds, Grace lives within us. When we make space for our souls, we have the opportunity to be held within Grace.

Rabbi Minster 4/12/23 Rabbi Minster 4/12/23

Foundation of Grace, Six Days of Omer 5783

Foundation of Grace. Six Days of Omer. Connecting with other people and building intentional community creates a foundation for Flow.

Rabbi Minster 4/10/23 Rabbi Minster 4/10/23

Splendor of Grace, Five Days of the Omer 5783

Splendor within Grace, Hod ShebeChesed, Five Days of the Omer. Great Art is the container that holds Grace’s Splendor. Sink into it today.

Rabbi Minster 4/9/23 Rabbi Minster 4/9/23

Four Days of Omer: Enduring Grace

Choosing to connect every day with Grace. Accepting responsibility for enduring through life. Day Four of the Omer, 5783. Netzach ShebeChesed.

Rabbi Minster 4/8/23 Rabbi Minster 4/8/23

Three Days Omer: Beauty within Grace

Three Days of the Omer, Beauty within Grace. Allowing Beauty to transform us and lift us into Grace.

Rabbi Minster 4/7/23 Rabbi Minster 4/7/23

Exodus, Passover, Divine Emanations, Revelation

Chol HaMoed Pesach Shabbat Sermon 5783. Moving from a clear-eyed understanding of the Exodus to meaningful Omer count with the emanations of the Divine towards revelation.