Fourteen Days of Omer 5777

Today is fourteen days, which is two weeks, of the Omer.Malchut/ Shechinah of Gevurah. Nobility / Indwelling of Discipline / Strength.

Thediscipline we choose for ourselves and our children should lift us up. I choosean elevated path because I am a Holy Vessel - a temple for the Divine. I mustwork each minute to ensure my instructions to my children are rooted inhonoring the holy soul within each of them. The brightness in their eyes fadeswhen I raise my voice; I struggle daily against my Yetser HaRa.

As we acknowledge the passing of another Yom HaShoah andArmenian Genocide Remembrance Day, may we never forget the 6 million Jewsmurdered during WWII and the 1.5 million Armenians murdered during WWI.

I findthis teaching from the Lubavitcher Rebbe particularly meaningful. It is part ofthe insight of the day on the Chabad OmerCounter app:

"Ifthe past was a ring of futility, let it become a wheel of yearning that drivesyou forward. If the past was a brick wall, let it become a dam to unleash yourpower."