Omer Attributes Keter (the crown) Chokhmah (wisdom) Binah (intuition, understanding) Chesed (mercy) Gevurah (strength) Tiferet (glory)Netzach (victory) Hod (majesty) Yesod (foundation) Malkut (sovereignty) The Sefirat Ha'Omer, Counting of the Omer, begins the second day of Pesach and lasts for 49 days - ending with Shavuot . It is a remembrance of the time when wheat was brought as an offering to the Temple. Each week of the Sefirat Ha'Omer is dedicated to one of seven basic human emotional attributes. Each day is also dedicated to a combination of these attributes. One of the better known, fundamental concepts of kabalistic thought involves the concept of G-d as Ein Sof and the Ten Sefirot, known as the kabalistic tree of life. According to Kabbalah, God's true essence is so transcendent that it can only be described in reference to what it is not. Ein Sof, the true essence of God literally means "without end", encompassing the idea of His lack of boundaries in both time and space. In this truest form, the Ein Sof is so transcendent that it cannot have any direct interaction with the universe and interacts with the universe through ten emanations from this essence, known as the Ten Sefirot. The Sefirot connect with everything in the universe including humanity. The Sefirot are an intimate part of G-d, and yet they are in contact with the universe in a way that the Ein Sof cannot. The Sefirot have both masculine and feminine qualities. Kabbalah pays a great deal of attention to the feminine aspects of G-d. They are not separate deities, as some might think by taking this too literally. Good and evil actions resonate through the Sefirot and affect the entire universe, up to and including G-d Himself. The middle five qualities are mentioned explicitly and in order at I Chronicles 29:11: Yours, O L-rd, is the greatness, gedulah, the strength, gevurah, the glory, tiferet, the power netzach, and the splendor hod.

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