Friday Iyar 9, 5703 24th day of the Omer **
Torah Lessons (5703)	Chumash: Emor, Shishi with Rashi. Tehillim: 49-54. Tanya: This is also (p. 245)...preceding Atzilut.) (p. 247).

Our teacher the Baal Shem Tov said:

Every single thing one sees or hears is an instruction for his conduct in the service of G-d.

This is the idea of Avoda, service, to comprehend and discern in all things a way in which to serve G-d.

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Day Three of week 4

Tiferet of Netzach

Healthy endurance, directed to develop good qualities and modifying bad ones, will always be compassionate. The compassion of endurance reflects a most beautiful quality of endurance: an enduring commitment to help another grow. Endurance without compassion is misguided and selfish. Endurance needs to be not just loving to those who deserve love, but also compassionate to the less fortunate. Does my determination compromise my compassion for others? Am I able to rise above my ego and empathize with my competitors? Am I gracious in victory?

Exercise for the day: Be patient and listen to someone that usually makes you impatient.

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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