N.I.L.Y.

We're in the week of netzach. As Rabbis Haber and Sedley put it in Sefirot, "Netzach is about setting goals and making changes that will last." Tonight is the night of double eternity - netzach she'be'netzach, which is to say it is purely about G-d, and about being G-d like. The authors of this helpful book offer several assignments for each day of the Omer. One of their suggestions for Day 25 is, "Remember that many people rely on you." That speaks to me and brings a chilling line from Tanach to my mind, "Even if you are small in your own eyes, you are still head of the tribes of Israel." (Shmuel 1 - 15:17)

Here's thre haiku I was blessed to think of tonight:
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Marbeh...

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More flesh and more stuff

means more words and more worries

Torah brings more life

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Hashem Sefatai Tiftach

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G-d, open my mouth

For only then may I speak

Then I will praise you

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Emet Ve'Emunah

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All this is true faith:

G-d of fear and love is one

This is upon us