Loved Into Existence: A Soulful Guide to Sefiras Ha'Omer | Chana Kalmenson

About this episode

A conversation with Chana Kalmenson about the Sefirot of the Omer and their relevance to emotional life and personal development.

A conversation with Chana Kalmenson: shlucha of Chabad of Belgravia in London, poet, and teacher of Jewish mysticism, on the Sefirot of the Omer. Chana walks through each of the seven emotional Sefirot: Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malchut. What each one is, how they relate to each other, and how they show up in everyday emotional life. The episode also covers how the months of Nissan, Iyar, and Sivan mirror human development from childhood to maturity, why the inner work of the Omer is what prepares us to receive the Torah at Sinai, and how to approach the counting without falling into perfectionism. The conversation goes especially deep on three Sefirot: Hod (humility, gratitude, surrender), Tiferet (compassion, holding paradox, the antidote to shame), and Malchut (dignity, agency, authentic expression). Chana shares what she learned about humility from her father-in-law, the Chassidic teaching on the soul's forgetting at birth, and how to step out of comparison with others. A grounded, accessible introduction to the Sefirot for anyone counting the Omer or wanting to understand the Kabbalistic map of the inner life. * * * * * * * To inquire about…

People in this episode

Host: Tonia Chazanow

Guest: Chana Kalmenson

Topics covered

• Sefirot
• Jewish mysticism
• emotional life
• humility
• Kabbalistic teachings
• counting the Omer

Keywords

• Sefirot
• Omer
• Chesed
• Gevurah
• Tiferet
• Hod
• Malchut
• humility
• Kabbalah
• emotional development

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Chabad of Belgravia

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