http:\/\/www.yhwhschofchrist.org\/yhwhschofchrist\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/10\/Children-Go-Where-I-Send-Thee.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\nHallel ( the Hallel (Psalms 113-118) is chanted at this point. Since the Holy Spirit dwells within the hearts and minds of those who call upon him, it is acceptable to chant these Psalms in your own language. However, considering that Jesus Christ probably prayed and chanted these prayers on Palm Sunday during the days before he was crucified there is also merit in studying the original Hebrew. On Rosh Chodesh and the last six days of Pesach a half Hallel which has the lines of Psalm 115 1-155 and Psalm 116 1-11 omitted is chanted. During Hannukah\/Christmas Christian hymns can and should be sung. For example: Joy to the World, Angels we have Heard on High, Hark the Herald Angels Sing go very well with the Hallel)
\nIn the Seder the whole Hallel is divided into two parts and also with respect to the teaching and chanting portions by four cups of wine (which represent the salvation, redemption, sanctification, and justification of our souls). Psalms 113 and 114 come before the ratzah. the motzah, and the Matzah (see the grouping of the 15 Seder steps elsewhere in this blog). These psalms help us remember how God reaches out to the poor and helpless (psalm 113), how the created divine environmental nature is involved in our salvation (psalm 114), After these steps and the maror, the korech, the Shulchan Orech (the meal) and the Afikiman (the Tzafun) the rest of the Barech (the after meal grace with its three portions due to Moses, thanking God for the Exodus. Due to Joshua, thanking him for bringing us into the promised land (fulfilling the justification of our souls and spirits). And, the portion due to David and Solomon (thanking him for the Holy Temple of his presence inside of US) the rest of the Hallel is chanted. These psalms (115,116,117, and 118) come after a portion invoking the help of the prophet Elijah and the Messiah to come against our enemies where a fifth cup of wine is poured. This portion is called the Sh\u2019phach. And, in my opinion, it is better to associate the coming of the Messiah as a blessing for us all together. Therefore we should pray and ask that he bring king love and forgiveness for everyone more than he brings it just for some and retribution and harsh justice for those who are a part of us. Has not Jesus Christ already taught us that our enemies are just the ones that it is most important for our salvation and redemption that we love and forgive?<\/p>\n
An original transliteration and translation from the Hebrew of this last part of the Hallel by Andrew as it appears written in \u201cA Passover Haggadah\u201d by Elie Wiesel as the fourteenth step in the Jewish Seder<\/p>\n
Selections from some of the prayers of praise in Psalm s 115 and 116<\/p>\n
Lo lanu Adonai, lo lanu, kay l\u2019sheem\u2019ach tayn, kavod, ayl chas\u2019d\u2019ach, ayl ameetehach.<\/p>\n
Not for us Lord, not for us, but for the sake of the glory and grace in your name, in your loving kindness, and in your truth.<\/p>\n
Lamah amru hagoyim, esh na elohayhem bashamayem; kola aser chaphaytz aseh.<\/p>\n
Why should the gentile nations say, \u201cWhere is our God?\u201d. Our God is in the heavens, and he does what he desires (wills).<\/p>\n
Atzbayhehm kehsehf v\u2019zahav, masheeh y\u2019day adom.<\/p>\n
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of the hands of man.<\/p>\n
Peh lahem v\u2019lo y\u2019daybayru, aynayim lahem v\u2019lo yayr\u2019a.<\/p>\n
They have mouths, but they cannot talk, eyes but they cannot see.<\/p>\n
Az\u2019naym lahem v\u2019lo yaysh\u2019maru af lahem v\u2019lo y\u2019dayhu.<\/p>\n
Ears, but they cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell.<\/p>\n
Y\u2019dayhem v\u2019lo y\u2019mayshon, rag\u2019layhem v\u2019lo y\u2019halaychu;<\/p>\n
They have hands but cannot feel with them, feet which cannot walk;<\/p>\n
Lo yeh\u2019gu bheg\u2019ronah ch\u2019mohem y\u2019h\u2019yu ashayhem, chol aser btach bahem.<\/p>\n
They cannot make sounds with their throats, their makers, and all who trust in them, shall become like them.<\/p>\n
Israel, bh\u2019tach b\u2019Adonai ehz\u2019ram vmageenam hu.<\/p>\n
Israel trust in Adonai (Our Lord), He is their help and shield!<\/p>\n
Bayt Aharon, bheetachu b\u2019Adonai az\u2019ram v\u2019mageernam Hu.<\/p>\n
House of Aharon, trust in Adonai, He is their help and shield!<\/p>\n
Y\u2019ray Adonai, bh\u2019\u2019hu Adonai az\u2019ram v\u2019mageenam Hu.<\/p>\n
Those that fear the Lord\u2026trust in the Lord (Adonai). He is their help and shield.<\/p>\n
Adonai z\u2019charanu y\u2019barayach, y\u2019barayach et bayt Israel, y\u2019barayach et bayt Aharon.<\/p>\n
May the Lord remember us and bless us, may He bless the house of Israel, may he bless the house of Aaron.<\/p>\n
Y\u2019barach yeer\u2019ay Adonai, hak\u2019tanaym am hag\u2019doleem.<\/p>\n
May all those who fear the Lord be blessed, the small and the great.<\/p>\n
Y\u2019sayf Adonai alaychehm, alaychehm v\u2019al bh\u2019naychehm.<\/p>\n
May the Lord increase his blessings unto you, unto you and your children.<\/p>\n
Bh\u2019rochaym atem l\u2019Adonai, asayh shamaym varehtz.<\/p>\n
May you be blessed by the Lord who made with his hands heaven and earth.<\/p>\n
Hashamaym shamaym l\u2019Adonai, v\u2019aretz natan leebh\u2019nay adam.<\/p>\n
The heaven of the heavens is the Lord\u2019s, but the earth he gave to Adam (humankind).<\/p>\n
Lo hamayteem y\u2019hallellu Jah, v\u2019lo kal yir\u2019day domah.<\/p>\n
The dead do not praise Jah, nor those that sink into silence.<\/p>\n
Vaanch\u2019nu n\u2019barach Jah matah v\u2019ad olam; Hallelujah.<\/p>\n
But we will bless Jah, now and forever; Hallelujah.<\/p>\n
Psalm 116<\/p>\n
Ahab\u2019tay kay yesh\u2019ma Adonai et kolay, t\u2019chanunay.<\/p>\n
I love it when the Lord hears my call, receiving my appeal .<\/p>\n
Kay heetah az\u2019nu lay, vb\u2019yamay ehk\u2019ra.<\/p>\n
For he has turned his ear to me, when I called.<\/p>\n
Aphaph\u2019unay chehv\u2019lay moeht, vm\u2019tzaray sh\u2019aol m\u2019tza\u2019onay; zerah v\u2018yagon ehm\u2019tz.<\/p>\n
I have been surrounded by bonds of death, and caught in a narrow path of distress; faced by trouble and sorrow.<\/p>\n
V\u2019b\u2019shaym Adonai ehk\u2019ra, anah Adonai, mal\u2019tah naph\u2019shay.<\/p>\n
I called on the name of the Lord, \u201cPlease Lord\u2026save my my soul!\u201d<\/p>\n
Chanon Adonai v\u2019tzarayq, v\u2019Elohaynu m\u2019racham.<\/p>\n
Gracious is the Lord and righteous\u2026In compassion, He is our God.;<\/p>\n
Shamayr ph\u2019taaym Adonay; dal\u2019tay v\u2019lay y\u2019hoshay\u2026<\/p>\n
The Lord guards the simple; I was poor and ailing and he saved me.<\/p>\n
Shobay nayph\u2019shay leem\u2019nochaychay, kay Adonai gamal alay\u2019chay.<\/p>\n
Rest my soul, again, for the Lord has been kind to you.<\/p>\n
Chay cheelaytzata naph\u2019shay meemaot, et anaynay meen deem\u2019ah, et rag\u2019lay meedehtay.<\/p>\n
For he has delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.<\/p>\n
Et\u2019halach leeph\u2019nay Adonai, bh\u2019ar\u2019tzot hachayeem.<\/p>\n
I shall walk before the Lord in the land of the living.<\/p>\n
Haem\u2019n\u2019ay chay adaybayr, anay an\u2019yatay m\u2019od.<\/p>\n
I kept faith with what had been spoken..I cried out even.<\/p>\n
Anay emayr\u2019tay, kal hadam kzav.<\/p>\n
I cried out in my affliction, \u201cAll mankind is a liar.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mah ashayv l\u2019Adonai kal tag\u2019mol\u2019otay alay. Chos y\u2019shoaot asha, v\u2019b\u2019shaym Adonai ehk\u2019ra.<\/p>\n
How shall I repay the Lord for all his blessings? I shall raise the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord.<\/p>\n
N\u2019deray l\u2019Adonai ashalaym, nehg\u2019dah-na l\u2019chehl amu.<\/p>\n
I will redeem my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.<\/p>\n
Y\u2019kar bh\u2019aynay Adonai hamaotah lachasaydayy anah Adonai, chay anay eb\u2019dehach, any eb\u2019dehach ben amehtahach;pheet\u2019h\u2019ta l\u2019mosaray.<\/p>\n
The death of his faithfully beloved is difficult to the Lord\u2019s eyes. Please, Lord, I am your servant, I am the child of your handmaiden, You have released my bonds.<\/p>\n
L\u2019ach ehz\u2019bhach zehvah todah, vb\u2019shaym Adonai ehk\u2019ra.<\/p>\n
I will sacrifice to you an offering of thanksgiving and call upon the name of the Lord<\/p>\n
N\u2019daray l\u2019Adonai ashalam, nehg\u2019dah-na l\u2019cal amu.<\/p>\n
In the presence of all his people I will redeem my vows to the Lord.<\/p>\n
Bh\u2019chatz\u2019rot bhayt Adonai, bh\u2019tocaycay Jerushalem: Hallelujah!
\nIn the courts of the House of the Lord in Jerusalem..Halleluah!<\/p>\n
Counting the Omer
\nApril 2<\/p>\n
Seven Thoughts About Loving Kindness
\n(Chesed)**
\n1st day
\nChesed of Chesed
\nLoving kindness is compassionate
\nand forgiving
\n(it does not keep a record of wrong)<\/p>\n
2nd day
\nGevurah of Chesed
\nLoving kindness is stronger than death
\n(Song of Songs)<\/p>\n
3rd day
\nTiferet of Chesed
\nLoving kindness seeks more to give
\nthan receive. (It is beautiful)<\/p>\n
4th day
\nNetzach of Chesed
\nLoving kindness is patient
\n(while having integrity and supporting the rights of others)<\/p>\n
5th day
\nHod of Chesed
\nLoving kindness is obedient and submissive
\nto God\u2019s will (it therefore shares in his glory)<\/p>\n
6th day
\nYesod of Chesed
\nLoving kindness rejoices not in wrong
\nintentions, but in the truth (2 Corinthians)<\/p>\n
7th day
\nMalkuth of Chesed
\nLoving kindness fears God and does not consider what will happen to itself.
\n(This is its royalty)<\/p>\n
**note: For those who believe we are at many moments of our lives living right now, in the fullness of time in God’s heavenly present moment we will return to this topic considering passages from the Book of Romans, Chapter 12, during week seven of our Pentecost\/Shavuos this year.<\/p>\n
April 9<\/p>\n
Seven Thoughts About Goodness and Justice
\n(Along with Gevurah\u2026strength)<\/p>\n
1st day of the weekly count, 8th day of the omer count
\nChesed of Gevurah
\n\u201cThe quality of mercy(justice) is not strained.\u201d
\n(its definition is not tightly controlled)
\nWilliam Shakespeare
\n\u201cLet justice roll like water and righteousness
\nLike a mighty stream.\u201d Jewish Prayer Service<\/p>\n
2nd day of the weekly count, 9th day of the omer count
\nGevurah of Gevurah
\n\u201cJustice is freedom combined with equality.\u201d
\nMortimer Adler, Six Great Ideas *<\/p>\n
3rd day of the weekly count, 10th day of the omer count
\nTiferet of Gevurah
\nJustice is everyone and everything
\nparticipating in its virtue (its good according to its kind or its concept) Plato, The Republic<\/p>\n
4th day of the weekly count, 11th day of the omer count
\nNetzach of Gevurah
\nNo good fruit (end) can come from a bad tree
\n(bad means). No bad fruit (end) can come from a good
\nTree(good means).\u201d Jesus Christ according to the
\nGospel of Matthew
\nGood defines evil, evil defines good, good comes
\nFrom good, evil from evil.\u201d
\nSefirah Yetzirah, Book V.<\/p>\n
5th day of the weekly count, 12th day of the omer count
\nHod of Gevurah
\nGood \u2013 What is desirable for its own sake<\/p>\n
6th day of the weekly count, 13th day of the omer count
\nYesod of Gevurah
\ndivine order\u2014a rightful (according to a sound
\neverlasting principle)** procession of truth from Beginning as good faith to its correspondence And completion as a realization in one of us or
\nAll of us or the World around us.<\/p>\n
7th day of the weekly count, 14th day of the omer count
\nMalkuth of Gevurah<\/p>\n
‘You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good.\u201d
\nJoseph to his brother, story in the Torah<\/p>\n
*An idea is a representation in our minds of a thought. A concept can be distinguished from a perception in that it has a likeness class (that is likeness or non-visual intellectual thought as opposed to an image or perception). Concepts themselves have likeness classes. Therefore a great idea is a synonym for a likeness class of a concept.
\n** Being divine, this correspondence can only take place inside of a field of being which has its existence as a part of God\u2019s name. Furthermore, in order for God to have a name he must be a unique individual, that is, a one.
\nApril 16<\/p>\n
Seven Thoughts About Beauty
\n(Tiferet)<\/p>\n
1st day of the weekly count,15th day of the omer count
\nChesed of Tiferet
\n\u201cBeauty is controlled grace.\u201d
\nLeonardo da Vince
\nRenaissance Christian Definition<\/p>\n
2nd day of the weekly count, 16th day of the omer count
\nGevurah of Tiferet
\n\u201cAwareness is a mirror reflecting the four
\nelements. Beauty is a heart that generates
\nLove and a mind that is open.\u201d
\nThich Nhat Hanh,- Buddhist Gatha ***<\/p>\n
3rd day of the weekly count, 17th day of the omer count
\nTiferet of Tiferet
\n\u201cBeauty is understanding that which is
\ndesirable for its own sake. Love is aspiring
\nUpward toward eternal beauty.\u201d
\nSaint Augustine, Confessions.<\/p>\n
4th day of the weekly count, 18th day of the omer count
\nNetzach of Tiferet
\n\u201cAnd, why do you worry about clothes? See
\nhow the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor
\nOr spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in
\nAll his splendor was dressed like one of these.
\nIf that is how God clothes the grass of the field,
\nWhich is here today and gone tomorrow and is
\nThrown into the fire, will he not much more
\nClothe you. O you of little faith?\u201d\u2014Jesus Christ
\nGospel of Matthew<\/p>\n
5th day of the weekly count, 19th day of the omer count \u201c
\nHod of Tiferet<\/p>\n
“As long as we have bodies, we must inhabit the dwellings prepared for us by our good sister the Soul in her vast powers of labourless creation.”<\/p>\n
Plotinus, Second Ennead, Chapter 9, verse 18. The Great Books, Edited by Mortimer Adler, U. of Chicago Press.<\/p>\n
The beautiful is that which pleases us on being seen.\u201d
\nSaint Thomas Aquinas
\n\u201cThe beautiful is that which pleases us upon being contemplated.\u201d
\nImmanuel Kant<\/p>\n
6th day of the weekly count, 20th day of the omer count
\nYesod of Tiferet
\n\u201cTruth is beauty and beauty truth, that
\nis all you know and all you need to know.\u201d
\nKeats—viewpoint of a poet
\n\u201cYour love, O YHWH, reaches to the heavens
\nYour faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness
\nIs like the mighty mountains, your justice like the
\nGreat deep\u2026For with you is the fountain of life,
\nIn your light we see light.\u201d View of King David
\nAbout why God is beautiful<\/p>\n
7th day of the weekly count, 21 day of the omer count
\nMalkuth of Tiferet<\/p>\n
“We must always remember that beauty is a partial thing,
\nthat cannot be identified with what pervades the whole;
\nnor can several objects be stated as everything.”
\nPlotinus ibid, verse 17.<\/p>\n
“Pretty is as pretty does.\u201d Protestant
\nChristian saying passed down in the Calohan
\nFamily (from Alma May Calohan) to her
\nDaughter Virginia Calohan Harrell<\/p>\n
*** Quoted from \u201cPresent Moment, Wondelful Moment: Mindfulness Verses for Daily Living.\u201d( 1990) by Thich Nhat Hanh with permission of Parallax Press, Berkeley California.<\/p>\n
April 23
\nSeven Thoughts About Patience and Integrity
\n(Netzach)<\/p>\n
1st day of the weekly count,22th day of the omer count
\nChesed of Netzach<\/p>\n
“Let not mercy and kindness forsake you.”
\nSanctify the name of God
\nwith our love
\n“Withold not good from those to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.”[Romans 13:7; Gal. 6:10]*<\/p>\n
2nd day of the weekly count, 23 day of the omer count
\nGevurah of Netzach
\nExalt and lift up the name of God*
\n“Keep sound and godly wisdom and discretion.”
\n“Be not afraid of sudden terror and panic.”
\n“For the Lord shall be your confidence, firm and strong, and shall keep your foot from being caught.”<\/p>\n
3rd day of the weekly count, 24th day of the omer count
\nTiferet of Netzach
\nBless the name of God
\nbring it into our consciousness
\n“Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord.”*<\/p>\n
4th day of the weekly count,25th day of the omer count
\nNetzach of Netzach<\/p>\n
“Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all you heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding.” *
\nRest in the name of God
\n(with patience)<\/p>\n
5th day of the weekly count, 26th day of the omer count
\nHod of Netzach
\nGive glory to the name of God
\n“Happy is the man who finds skillful and godly Wisdom, and the man who gets understanding. For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit of it better than fine gold…more precious than rubies; and nothing you can wish for is to be compared to her. [Job 28:12 -18] Length of days are in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are highways of pleasantness, and all her paths are of peace “* #<\/p>\n
6th day of the weekly count,27th day of the omer count
\nYesod of Netzach
\nPraise the name of God
\n(in eternal life)
\n“Do not despise or shrink from the chastening of the Lord; neither be weary or impatient about or loathe or abhor his reproof. For whom the Lord loves, he corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights.” *<\/p>\n
7th day of the weekly count, 28th day of the omer count
\nMalkuth of Netzach
\nHonor the name of God
\n“Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labours] and with the firstfruits of all your income; so shall your storage places be filled with plenty.” *<\/p>\n
* Most of these thoughts are contained in the 3rd chapter of the Book of the Proverbs of King Solomon
\n# For those who gain wisdom, will eventually learn to have peace of mind, and, as my Buddhist prayer partners teach, peace of mind is, dear friends, our most precious attainment and highest happiness. For if we have this, God can supply us with the rest of the riches of the glories in Christ he has prepared for us through the divine order of his providence and the hidden protections that the small, but important, parts of each of us play in his great plans for all of us (the contributions of each of us being tied together in a huge and complex network of salvation, the stronger for the fact that the temporary loss or transformation of any part of it can be made up by the reserve forces contained in the rest).<\/p>\n
April 30th<\/p>\n
Seven Thoughts About Obedience and Glory
\n(Hod)<\/p>\n
Some twofold thoughts from the Birkat H\u2019shir, Blessing of Song
\nWhich is part of the 15 expressions of praise of God in the Yishtabach prayer<\/p>\n
1st day of the weekly count, 29th day of the omer count
\nChesed of Hod
\nb\u2019arachot v\u2019hodaot
\nblessings and thanks<\/p>\n
2nd day of the weekly count, 30th day of the omer count
\nGevurah of Hod
\nk\u2019dehshah v\u2019malchot
\nholiness and dominion<\/p>\n
3rd day of the weekly count, 31st day of the omer count
\nTiferet of Hod
\nt\u2019ehllah v\u2019tiferet
\npsalm singing and beauty<\/p>\n
4th day of the weekly count, 32nd day of the omer count
\nNetzach of Hod
\nRest,eternally, in the name of God
\n(with patience)<\/p>\n
5th day of the weekly count, 33rd day of the omer count<\/p>\n
Hod of Hod
\naz v\u2019mem\u2019shalah strong help and power<\/p>\n
6th day of the weekly count, 34th day of the omer count
\nYesod of Hod
\nhallayl v\u2019zim\u2019rah
\n(praise or veneration and melodies)<\/p>\n
7th day of the weekly count, 35th day of the omer count
\nMalkuth of Hod
\nsong and praise<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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