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(ג) מֵרָח֕וֹק יְהוָ֖ה נִרְאָ֣ה לִ֑י וְאַהֲבַ֤ת עוֹלָם֙ אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ עַל־כֵּ֖ן מְשַׁכְתִּ֥יךְ חָֽסֶד׃

(3) From long ago, the Eternal appeared to me; With everlasting love have I loved you; therefore have I drawn you to Me with loving-kindness.

(ג) כִּֽי־אָמַ֗רְתִּי ע֭וֹלָם חֶ֣סֶד יִבָּנֶ֑ה שָׁמַ֓יִם ׀ תָּכִ֖ן אֱמוּנָתְךָ֣ בָהֶֽם׃

(3) For I said, "Forever will it be built with kindness; as the heavens, with which You will establish Your faithfulness."

Chesed חָֽסֶד: “an inner quality that grows within us out of the perception that we are not really separate from the other.” Alan Morinis, Everyday Holiness

(כד) יְבָרֶכְךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה וְיִשְׁמְרֶֽךָ׃ (ס) (כה) יָאֵ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה ׀ פָּנָ֛יו אֵלֶ֖יךָ וִֽיחֻנֶּֽךָּ׃ (ס) (כו) יִשָּׂ֨א יְהוָ֤ה ׀ פָּנָיו֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְךָ֖ שָׁלֽוֹם׃ (ס)

May God bless you and keep you

May God’s presence shine upon you and be gracious to you

May God's presence be with you and give you peace.

LovingKindness (Chesed) Meditations

May I feel protected and safe.


May I feel content and pleased.


May my physical body provide me with strength.


May my life unfold smoothly with ease.

(Sylvia Boorstein - Buddhist-based Metta practice)

May ________ feel safe (b’tachon) בטחון

May ________ feel content (see’pook) סיפוק

May ________ feel strong (oz) עוז

May ________ I feel peace (shalom) שלום

Olam Chesed Yibaneh

עוֹלָם, חֶסֶד יִבָּנֶה

Olam chesed yibaneh

I will build this world from love…tai dai dai

And you must build this world from love…tai dai dai

And if we build this world from love…tai dai dai

Then God will build this world from love…tai dai dai

Psalm 89:3; Music by Rabbi Menachem Creditor (CD: Shirav, Deeper and Deeper)