Transliteration

Netzach Shebe Chesed

Translation

Eternal Victory and Acknowledgment within Loving Kindness

Instruction and Kavenah for meditation

After saying the above phrase, (which is the actual counting of the Sephira) STOP and meditate on what is the meaning of this phrase. Here are some attributes that will help you. Realize that this list is not complete.

Eternity Victory, Success, Bright, Manage, Pure

Hesed is Loving Kindness. This whole week starting tonight is in the frame of Loving Kindness. What is Loving Kindness? How does it differ from Loving Mercy or Tiferet? In what ways do you show Loving Kindness to yourself? to Others? How do you receive Loving Kindness from Others? What can you do in your life to Show additional Loving Kindness to Others? How can you enhance your inner Beauty? How can you enhance Balance in your life today? What do you need to change about yourself to acheive that in this life right now?

Continue to finish the paragraph as follows:

ואטהר ואתקדש בקדשה של מעלה אמן סלה

Transliteration

VeTaHaiR VeETKaDeSH BeKDuSHa SHeL MaALa Amein SeLah:

Translation

will be corrected and i shall be purified and sanctified with supernal sanctity, AMEN SELAH:

You have now finished the Traditional Counting of the Omer. Please continue as the additional sections will help you to build your vessel to receive the Light of the Torah which is revealed on Shavuot.

Step 10: Each day of the year there are Tzadikim (Righteous People) who have chosen to leave this world on a particular day. There is a connection between these souls and this day. They ask us to utilize their connection to Hashem, to strengthen our own connection to Hashem, and to our spiritual actions during this day.

The more one learns about a particular Tzadik, the better is ones connection to their connection. All these actions are bringing us closer to Hashem.

Historically Birthdays have not been celebrated by the Jewish World until the last 200 - 300 years. Kabbalah teaches that the Birthdate represent the Keter or potential of the Soul while the Death Anniversary or Hilula represents the actual accomplishments of the Soul. While the Hilula is the stronger of the two from our perspective we can also utilize the Birth Date of a Tzadik to assist us in our spiritual connection.

• Here are the Tzadikim who have their Hilula (Day of Elevation) or Yahrtzeit on the Fourth Day of the Counting of the Omer which is 19th of Nissan!

Step 11: Rabbi Chaim Drizin (zoharialev@aol.com) teaches that there is a correlation between the Sephira we just counted and the 55 Prophets from the Book of Prophets in the Tanach. By studying the verses that were channeled to US through these male and female Prophets we enhance our connection to the Sephira and continue to build our vessel.

Rabbi Drizin teaches that the Prophet associated with Netzach SheBeChesed is Moshe Rabenu, which translates as Moshe Our Teacher. He suggests we read section of Shemot (Exodus) that connects us to the Keter relationship with Moshe from the Tanach. Moshe is a Chariot for the Sephira of Netzach. This is because the Sages teach that some of the character attributes that Moshe expressed and manifested are related to Endurance, and Prevailing over Adversity.

Below are a few verses and it is our intention to add more verses as time permits.

Shemot Chapter 2 Verse 2

ותהר האשה ותלד בן ותרא אתו כי-טוב הוא ותצפנהו שלשה ירחים

Transliteration

to be done later

Translation

And the woman conceived, and bore a son; and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months.

Commentary

This verse is the first verse in the Torah where Moshe is mentioned. Thus it is the seed level or the Keter of our knowledge and connection to Moshe

The sages teach us that "goodly" means Moshe was born circumcised. Please contemplate the relationship between the circumccision ritual, the Land of Israel, and the Children of Israel as these all relate to Netzach Shebe Chesed.

Additional

Step 12: Here is some additional insights into the consciousness of Chesed SheBe Chesed from Rabbi Drizin, as well as some additional thoughts from Chanoch

Kevenah about Netzach She Be Chesed

Reading these will help to grow your vessel. Meditation using these letters of נצח שבחסד after reading the Kavenah will also be beneficial.

Gematria

Netzach SheBe Chesed has a external gematria of 522. 522 is the same gematria as the word Besarcha which translates as "your flesh". This shows the relationship of the body and soul as eventually through God's loving kindness the body will be resurrected and prove to be relatively eternal.

All this week contemplate the meaning of Chesed using these descriptions

Loving Kindness Between Man and G-d

1. A person should contemplate the kindnesses of Hashem, Blessed be He, namely how much good G-d does with His creations in general and with me specifically. And he should contemplate that he is neither worthy nor deserving to receive the kindnesses of G-d, Blessed be He. Yet G-d is greatly kind and gives him unearned kindness, and with this intent, the person will be overwhelmed and he will love Hashem, Blessed is He, with a great love. It comes out that he attains the attribute of Chesed (which is this love and greatness) through the attribute of Chesed itself (for with it is the action of kindness).

2. Also, by his being overwhelmed and by his love of the Creator, Blessed is He, he will acquire an acquisition within his soul to do kindness (Chesed) with his Creator. That is to say, he will behave in all of his actions beyond the letter of the law. It comes out that he completes his love to the Creator, Blessed is He (which is rooted in Hesed) by way of his doing kindness (Chesed) with his Creator.

3. When he busies himself with the mitzvah of Chesed, he should intend to awaken the supernal attribute of Chesed so that it should be completed in its flowing of Hesed to do good to the world. It comes out that he draws down the attribute of Chesed in the world by his actions of kindness.

Loving Kindness Between Man and Man

1. One should look at the actions of his friend with a good [generous] eye and with love, and by way of this, he will come to judge him favorably. Through this, he will by way of seeing in his friend the good point within him and with this he is doing his his friend kindness, especially if his friend is pious or a Kohen, and it comes out that he completes and attains the attribute of Chesed (which includes these terms love, good, pious and Kohen), by way of Chesed itself (meaning judging favorably and doing kindness).

2. Moreover, he should attempt to do good to those who sin, and to do kindness to them (but not G-d forbid to cause them to continue to sin) in a way that they will be inspired by his actions and they will come by wy of this to recognize the greatness of the Creator, Blessed is He, who commanded upon Chesed. They will then return through repentance and in that way one attains the Chesed with others outside of himself by behaving with the attribute of Chesed.

3. He should be prepared to relinquish his piety in order to fulfill the mitzvah of doing kindness to others. Also, when he receives kindness from others, he should attempt to do kindness with the one who is giving the kindness, that is to say, he should not exert too much upon the one who is doing the kindness to him. With all the kindness he does, he should attempt to accomplish more kindness. It comes out that he completes the attribute of Chesed with the attribute of Chesed itself, as is elaborated by the Sefer Omer HaTenufah, and these are his words:

The attribute of Chesed sh'beChesed teaches us the knowledge to understand that when a person does kindness to his friend as is the Mitzvot of the Torah, nevertheless, the Chesed is complete only based upon the kindness which is in it, that is, to give the poor man at a time when things are cheap or at the time that he needs it more. Our Sages of blessed memory teach us in the Gemara Sukkah 49b on the verse from Hoshea "and you shall reap based on the kindness." This is hinted to by the attribute of Chesed sh'beChesed, which teaches us that even in the kindness and the charity there is a greater level of inner praise of Chesed, that is, in the necessary time as we have explained.

With Physical Acts

One should use one's right hand to do kindness, for example to give charity to a poor man with one's right hand. So too one should give food to one's guests specfically with one's right hand. And if he needs to bring close his son to hug him, he should attempt to do this with the right hand. It comes out that he completes the limb of Chesed (the right hand) with the actions of Chesed.

In Time

1. He should do kindness during the day, and in particular in the morning

2. He should attempt to connect in the Morning Prayers which were established by Avraham Avinu, in the blessings of Yotzer before reading the Shema with the blessing Ahavah Rabbah, and in the Amidah, during the blessing of Selach Lanu.

Please see our classes on Morning Prayer on the Yeshshem website.

3. When one says the Name Kel, he should intend that it corresponds to Chesed during the recitation of this Name especially during the Morning Prayers.

Step 13: The Pirkei Avot teaches 48 ways to ACQUIRE TORAH

The fourth method to Acquire the Torah taught in the Pirke Avot Chapter 6 is by Sichlut Halev or "discernment".

Here is some insights on this "Way". What is discernment? It is not actually judging the outcome. it is being aware of the consequences of your actions. Lets take the example of a young couple in love and who decide to share their love with each other by becoming intimate. Sichlut Halev might make them realize that the pleasure they will share might have a consequence of a child and all that entails.

How often do you consider ALL of the consequences of your actions? How can you anticipate these outcomes and plan for them? How can you KNOW if the contemplated action is RIGHTEOUS or not? How can you grow your discernment tools?

There will be more added to this section in coming years.

Are you striving to grow your discernment?