Forty-Nine
Seven times seven days
beginnings
seven words in Bereishit one
seven times wholeness—completion
Giving direction, purpose, relationship
to my place plus
north, south, east, west,
up and down
presenting points of reference
Seasons of wholeness in a Jewish year
families gathering chanting on
Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot,
Chanukah, Purim,
Passover to Shavuot
49 days of peoples, places
and desires accounted for
in the seeking
of relationship to God
Communities praising in seven
notes in the musical scale
circling we dance on Simchat Torah
every day blessings learning
God is ...
in the 49 holy letters—Sh'ma Yisrael
Hashem Elokeynu, Hashem Echad
Baruch shem kavod
Malchuto le olam vaed
Growing special species in the Land
Israeli wheat and barley,
grapes and pomegranates,
figs, olives, and dates
multiplying seven times seven
Sefirot, traits in service
kindness, strength, and beauty
triumph, splendor and foundation,
complete with kingship
seven emotional states nested
gevurah within chesed
the strength of giving
hod sheba malchut journey the days
until malchut of majesty
Words, songs, and prayers whisper
gematria's Vah Yi Dah Bayr [222]
and words, and He spoke
from Lay Mor, [271]
spoke to, saying
generates 49
A shabbat for the land
seven times seven
leads to a jubilee
a new era of freedom
growing naturally
nourishing the peace, dirt and people
for another set of cycles
round the sun
Celebrating Mystical Mazel Tov
Mem [40] Teit [9] as we enjoy
fractal planes and subplanes
a universe of physical, emotional, mental,
unity, spiritual, divine and
the monadic one
—Kimberly Burnham, excerpt from Music, Carrier of intention in 49 Jewish Prayers
Growing Your Spiritual Community
1. What do you know of Kabbalah, Gematria and the power in numbers?
2. Do you connect with a special number?
Aleph Bet in Numbers
aleph or alef 1
bet (& vet) 2
gimel or gimmel 3
dalet 4
hey or heh 5
vav 6
zayinz 7
chet or khet 8
tet 9
yud or yod 10
kaf 20
lamed 30
mem 40
nun 50
samech or samekh 60
ayin 70
pey or peh (& fey) 80
tzadi or tsadi 90
kuf 100
resh 200
shin 300
tav 400
Seven times seven days
beginnings
seven words in Bereishit one
seven times wholeness—completion
Giving direction, purpose, relationship
to my place plus
north, south, east, west,
up and down
presenting points of reference
Seasons of wholeness in a Jewish year
families gathering chanting on
Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkot,
Chanukah, Purim,
Passover to Shavuot
49 days of peoples, places
and desires accounted for
in the seeking
of relationship to God
Communities praising in seven
notes in the musical scale
circling we dance on Simchat Torah
every day blessings learning
God is ...
in the 49 holy letters—Sh'ma Yisrael
Hashem Elokeynu, Hashem Echad
Baruch shem kavod
Malchuto le olam vaed
Growing special species in the Land
Israeli wheat and barley,
grapes and pomegranates,
figs, olives, and dates
multiplying seven times seven
Sefirot, traits in service
kindness, strength, and beauty
triumph, splendor and foundation,
complete with kingship
seven emotional states nested
gevurah within chesed
the strength of giving
hod sheba malchut journey the days
until malchut of majesty
Words, songs, and prayers whisper
gematria's Vah Yi Dah Bayr [222]
and words, and He spoke
from Lay Mor, [271]
spoke to, saying
generates 49
A shabbat for the land
seven times seven
leads to a jubilee
a new era of freedom
growing naturally
nourishing the peace, dirt and people
for another set of cycles
round the sun
Celebrating Mystical Mazel Tov
Mem [40] Teit [9] as we enjoy
fractal planes and subplanes
a universe of physical, emotional, mental,
unity, spiritual, divine and
the monadic one
—Kimberly Burnham, excerpt from Music, Carrier of intention in 49 Jewish Prayers
Growing Your Spiritual Community
1. What do you know of Kabbalah, Gematria and the power in numbers?
2. Do you connect with a special number?
Aleph Bet in Numbers
aleph or alef 1
bet (& vet) 2
gimel or gimmel 3
dalet 4
hey or heh 5
vav 6
zayinz 7
chet or khet 8
tet 9
yud or yod 10
kaf 20
lamed 30
mem 40
nun 50
samech or samekh 60
ayin 70
pey or peh (& fey) 80
tzadi or tsadi 90
kuf 100
resh 200
shin 300
tav 400
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