Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Wednesday, 18th of Tammuz, 5774

Wednesday is the first day of Week 42 and the forty-third day of the cycle of Yesod (Foundation), Chesed shebeYesod shebeYesod, Kindness within Kingship within Foundation.

Wednesday is also the second day of the fourteenth 22-day cycle of the year, related to the letter Nun Sofit (the final Nun). The following verse from Chapter 3 of the Book of Lamentations is connected to the second letter, the Beit:

2. The precious children of Zion, praised with fine gold; how they are regarded as earthen pitchers, the work of a potter's hands!

ב. בְּנֵי צִיּוֹן הַיְקָרִים הַמְסֻלָּאִים בַּפָּז אֵיכָה נֶחְשְׁבוּ לְנִבְלֵי חֶרֶשׂ מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי יוֹצֵר:


Obs: Earthen pitchers can have a positive conotation, especially when the "Potter" is Hashem Himself.

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