Friday Iyar 23, 5703 38th day of the Omer **
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: B'chukotai, Shishi with Rashi. Tehillim: 108-112. Tanya: The order of (p. 263)...Life of life. (p. 265).

The beginning of one's decline, G-d save us, is the lack of Aoda in davening. Everything becomes dry and cold. Even a mitzva performed by habit * becomes burdensome. Everything is rushed. One loses the sense of pleasure in Torah-study. The atmosphere itself become crass. Needless to say, one is totally incapable of influencing others.

   

Notes:

* Compare Yeshayahu 29:13.

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Day three of week 6

Tiferet of yesod

Bonding needs to be not only loving but also compassionate, feeling your friend's pain and empathizing with him. Is my bonding conditional? Do I withdraw when I am uncomfortable with my friend's troubles?

Exercise for the day: Offer help and support in dealing with an ordeal of someone you have bonded with.

From:

A Spiritual Guide to the counting of the Omer

Forty-Nine Steps to Personal Refinement

The Forty-Nine Days of Sefirah

by Simon Jacobson

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