The Heart of Balance: Entering the Week of Tiferet

About this episode

Rabbi Yisroel Bernath discusses the importance of emotional balance and setting boundaries in love as he explores the week of Tiferet in Sefirat HaOmer.

How to Love Without Smothering and Set Boundaries Without Wounding Why do our best intentions so often hurt the people we love most? Because love without boundaries can suffocate… and truth without compassion can wound. As we enter the week of Tiferet in Sefirat HaOmer, Rabbi Yisroel Bernath explores the Kabbalistic art of emotional balance, the sacred harmony between Chesed (kindness) and Gevurah (strength). Tiferet is not compromise. It is not weakness. It is the mature, beautiful ability t...

People in this episode

Host: Rabbi Yisroel Bernath

Topics covered

• emotional balance
• boundaries
• love
• Kabbalistic teachings
• Tiferet
• Chesed
• Gevurah

Keywords

• emotional balance
• boundaries
• love
• Tiferet
• Kabbalah
• Chesed
• Gevurah
• relationships
• spirituality

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tiferet, Sefirat HaOmer, Chesed, Gevurah

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