Day 15 - Chesed Sh’b Tiferet: Love within Beauty
Today is the fifteenth day of the Omer.
Chesed Sh’b Tiferet: Love within Beauty
The heart breaks open with the pain and joy of being alive
and the radiance shines through the cracks.
Being awake to our lives, we experience beauty and sorrow.
May we open to receive it all with gentleness, kindness and love.
Practice for today:
Let your attention rest on something beautiful.
Breathe in its details, essence, fragrance.
Feel the radiance spread through your body and give thanks.
The mystery belongs to the Eternal
But the earth was given to us.
Not recognizing the beauty deadens the spirit.
Turning away from gratitude hardens the heart.
Together we offer praise and give thanks for all that is.
(Psalm 115:16-18)
—Rabbi Yael Levy
The Omer teachings you see here and can receive as nightly email reminders by signing up for our mailing list, are taken from Rabbi Yael Levy's Omer guide, Journey through the Wilderness.
Blessings for counting the Omer
Daily Omer teachings are posted on the A Way In website, Facebook and Instagram, and emailed at 7PM EST. Weekly teachings are posted and emailed on Sundays.
The practice as well as Rabbi Yael were featured in a 2015 New York Times article.