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TREE OF LIFE
SEPHIROT ChART
SEPHIROT ChART
Sephirot ChArt by Joy Krauthammer ©
Eitz Chayim from the Kabbalists: (Arizal's order of males on ChArt)
Avraham (Abraham) - Chesed - Sarah
Yitzchak (Isaac) - Gevurah - Miriam
Yaakov (Jacob) - Tiferet - Devorah
Moshe (Moses) - Netzach - Hannah
Aharon (Aaron) - Hod - Avigail
Yosef (Joseph) - Yesod - Hulda
David (King David) - Malchut - Esther
Avraham (Abraham) - Chesed - Sarah
Yitzchak (Isaac) - Gevurah - Miriam
Yaakov (Jacob) - Tiferet - Devorah
Moshe (Moses) - Netzach - Hannah
Aharon (Aaron) - Hod - Avigail
Yosef (Joseph) - Yesod - Hulda
David (King David) - Malchut - Esther
River of Light
Painted Path
by Joy Krauthammer ©
Torah, a path to follow,
sometimes through a dense forest,
with Light guiding the way,
and painted with colors of the rainbow.
Path may be curvy or straight,
short or long,
narrow or wide,
deep or shallow.
Is the path rapid or slow,
high or level?
Familiar or new?
Easy to follow or not?
Filled with delights or difficulties?
Torah gives place to pause.
(as do stones in a stream)
Breathe in deeply, reflect, and listen.
From flowing waters,
varied sounds are heard
as many voices are heard in Torah.
The ear of the heart
can flow to the heart of G*d
in silence or sound.
Quiet the mind.
Shema / listen
What do you hear?
What is my path,
my purpose toward the Divine One?
my purpose toward the Divine One?
Do rocks, challenges, become obstacles (to a well),
or provide places to step higher on the path?
Shema.
Can you hear the sounds of water
tinkle, splash, rush
falling, passing over the stones?
Is the heart awakened?
In the quiet shade of trees,
high, by a cliff,
Big Sur
Big Sur
overlooking the ocean,
I have sat
on raised stones
in a gentle mountain spring,
and played my Tibetan singing bowl.
I sing Shalom / peace. I am grateful. I am at Onement.
- Joy Krauthammer
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G*d is Love
We are created B'Tzelem Elokim / in the image of G*d.
River of Light
of our illuminated heart
lives in the path of the Tree of Life.
of our illuminated heart
lives in the path of the Tree of Life.
Beginning with Chesed / Loving-Kindness
to Malchut / Shekhina's Presence of full Light,
to Malchut / Shekhina's Presence of full Light,
49 Gates of our emotions and actions
flow through the heart
from the Source.
- Joy
Perek Shira: The Rivers are saying:
“Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing for joy together!” (Psalms 98:8)
Genesis 2:10 "A river watering the garden flowed from Eden;"
Genesis 2:10-14 lists four rivers in association with the Garden of Eden.
Genesis 2:10-14 lists four rivers in association with the Garden of Eden.
Psalm 46:4 "There is a River whose streams make glad the City of G*d."
Psalm 23:2 "He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters."
Ecclesiastes 1:7 "All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, thither they return again."
Ecclesiastes 1:7 "All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, thither they return again."
Water as a metaphor for Torah:
Bava Kama 17A "There is no water except Torah."
Isaiah 55:1 "O, all who are thirsty, come for water."
"The beginning of all paths and the starting point of every climb is to open yourself to receive from Above." - The Rebbe's words condensed by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, Chabad.org
"The beginning of all paths and the starting point of every climb is to open yourself to receive from Above." - The Rebbe's words condensed by Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, Chabad.org
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Haftarat Yom Kippur
Isaiah 57:14 "G*d says, 'Pave a road, pave a road. Lift up the obstacle from my people's path."and to lift up the obstacle placed in our path by the Evil Inclination. - Stone Chumash
Teach Us To Count Our Days
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Teach Us To Count Our Days
- Psalm 90:12
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