WHERE THE LIGHT LANDS Seven Weeks of the Omer with Rabbi Amy Josefa Ariel

Between Passover and Shavuot, Jewish tradition gives us 49 days of intentional counting.
The Omer. Each week carries its own spiritual quality, its own middah, its own invitation to pay attention to who we are becoming.

I want to invite you to count these weeks together.

We'll gather seven times - omer days 7, 14, 21, 28, 35, 42, and 49 - for learning, reflection, writing, and prayer together. The thread running through all seven sessions is malchut — the kabbalistic understanding that divine light doesn't stay in the heavens. It travels. It lands. It shows up in our bodies, our relationships, our daily acts of courage and lovingkindness. It shows up in us.

I'll be sharing writings from my own omer journey, the people, ancestors, and companions I am spiritually traveling with each day, and weaving them together with the wisdom of the sefirot, the questions of this particular moment in time, and Jewish meditation.

Each session includes:

Learning connecting that week's middah with malchut
A reading from my omer writings
Time to reflect and write about the previous week
A brief discussion
A closing Jewish meditation to carry into the coming week

I am offering this series on a sliding scale contribution of $0–$180. Every dollar — every single one — goes entirely to feeding our refugee neighbors in Saint Paul. $180 carries the gematria of chai, life. $0 is a full and equal seat at the table. What you bring is welcome. Who you are is what matters. The tzedakah we gather is itself an act of malchut. When Divine Light travels it lands, and together we are going to help some of it land in Minnesota in the form of food for immigrants.

These are hard times. The omer has always been a journey through wilderness. Our ancestors made this journey. We can make it too.

Come count with me.

Wednesdays 7:45-8:30pm Central Time US
April 8, April 15, April 22, April 29, May 6, May 13, May 20

PLEASE REGISTER HERE!
Questions? Please contact me.

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WHERE THE LIGHT LANDS Seven weeks. Seven gatherings. One question: Where does Divine Light actually show up in our lives?

I am offering this series on a sliding scale contribution of $0–$180. Every dollar — every single one — goes entirely to feeding our refugee neighbors in Saint Paul. What you bring is welcome. Who you are is what matters. The tzedakah we gather is itself an act of malchut. When Divine Light travels it lands, and together we are going to help some of it land in Minnesota.