י"ח באייר תשס"ז
In an entry posted earlier today (on astronomical Beltane, a Celtic bonfire festival), I posited that the inner two flames of the 4-shin of Binah symbolize the attributes of mindful understanding and joy. Specifically with respect to joy, I focused on the joy rooted in Beriyah called gilah (גילה).
The 2-letter root (sha'ar, gate) of gilah is gal (גל). Of gilah, R' Yitzchak Ginsburgh teaches:
Gilah, from the root gal, meaning "to reveal," describes the full revelation of joy as contained within one's heart (as expressed by the frequent idiom in Torah: yagel libi -- "my heart shall be joyous").
The sha'ar of gilah - גל - has a gematria of 33. Interestingly, the
joy of gilah brought forth on Beltane demonstrates another synchronicity of my eclectic individuality with the universes entwined - this evening is Lag B'Omer, the 33rd day of the Omer and a Jewish bonfire festival.
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day 1 - tiferet of tiferet
day 2 - chesed of tiferet
day 3 - gevurah of tiferet
day 4 - netzach of tiferet
day 5 - hod of tiferet
day 6 - yesod of tiferet
day 7 - malchut of tiferet
day 8 - tiferet of chesed
day 9 - chesed of chesed
day 10 - gevurah of chesed
day 11 - netzach of chesed
day 12 - hod of chesed
day 13 - yesod of chesed
day 14 - malchut of chesed
day 15 - tiferet of gevurah
day 16 - chesed of gevurah
day 17 - gevurah of gevurah
day 18 - netzach of gevurah
day 19 - hod of gevurah
day 20 - yesod of gevurah
day 21 - malchut of gevurah
day 22 - tiferet of netzach
day 23 - chesed of netzach
day 24 - gevurah of netzach
day 25 - netzach of netzach
day 26 - hod of netzach
day 27 - yesod of netzach
day 28 - malchut of netzach
day 29 - tiferet of hod
day 30 - chesed of hod
day 31 - gevurah of hod
day 32 - netzach of hod
day 33 - hod of hod
day 34 - yesod of hod
day 35 - malchut of hod
day 36 - tiferet of yesod
day 37 - chesed of yesod
day 38 - gevurah of yesod
day 39 - netzach of yesod
day 40 - hod of yesod
day 41 - yesod of yesod
day 42 - malchut of yesod
day 43 - tiferet of malchut
day 44 - chesed of malchut
day 45 - gevurah of malchut
day 46 - netzach of malchut
day 47 - hod of malchut
day 48 - yesod of malchut
day 49 - malchut of malchut
כ"ט בניסן תשס"ז
Amazingly, a thread of connection exists between the Virginia Tech massacre and Lag B'Omer.
Lag B'Omer marks the 33rd day of the Omer, when R' Akiva's students stopped dying. The 32 days prior to Lag B'Omer are a time of judgment. Historically, following the time of judgment, when the students stopped dying, R' Akiva began building up a new student body from only 5 students who survived the dying time. 24,000 students of R' Akiva died.
There were 32 deaths, 33 deaths including the shooter, at VA Tech. One of those 32-33 deaths was an Israeli professor, Livui Librescu, a shoah survivor, who died protecting his students during the dying time - unlike R' Akiva, whose students died while he survived the dying time. The number of deaths ends at 33 - like Lag B'Omer.
Perhaps Livui Librescu, in some manner, is the tikun of R' Akiva. Thousands of Akiva's students died. Livui's students lived - all of them. Professor Librescu rescued all his students.
Tonight, Tuesday evening, April 17, we count fifteen days, which is two weeks and one day of the Omer.
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