Cousin Debbie under the chuppah with her new husband Aaron.
Week 7-/Malchut (KINGDOM)-Day 1/Chesed (LOVE)
"We really have to understand the person we want to love. If our love is only a will to possess, it is not love. If we only think of ourselves, if we know only our own needs and ignore the needs of the other person, we cannot love."
-Thich Nhat Hanh-
The day started with a little 13yr old girl I didn't know becoming bat mitzvah at Beth El synagogue in Durham, NC. The day ended with my cousin Debbie Boxill standing under the chuppah at King's Daughters Inn in Durham, NC marrying her beloved Aaron. There was a lot of love in both spaces and a lot of commitments. There was a lot of preparation and a lot of help from friends and family. For me I was very happy and yet a little bit sad, the lesson of the glass that was broken at the end of the wedding. Journeys just starting!
After nightfall on Saturday:
BA-RUCH A-TAH ADO-NAI E-LO-HE-NU ME-LECH HA-OLAM
ASHER KID-E-SHA-NU BE-MITZ-VO-TAV VETZI-VA-NU AL SEFI-RAT HA-OMER.
Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the Universe, who has sanctified us with His commandments, and commanded us concerning the counting of the Omer.
Today is forty-three days which is six weeks and one day of the Omer.
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