This morning, feeling somewhat overwhelmed by how many projects I am simultaneously juggling right now, I turned to The Oracle of Kabbalah to see what insight it might provide me.  I chose the letter, Resh.  

The chapter on Resh (which incidentally was the hardest chapter of all the ones in the book for me to write because of the traditionally negative commentaries regarding this letter) quotes from “Return Again,”  a song made popular by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, of blessed memory. The song goes, “Return again, return again, return to the land of your soul.  Return to who you are, return to what you are, return to where you are, born and reborn again.” 

The Oracle of Kabbalah comments, “To return is to turn again, to come back.  Have we lost our way in this confusing world?  Have we lost sight of who we are or who we want to be?”   

The letter inspires me to breathe deeply, to step back from the tasks that seem so pressing and take a broader view, a deeper perspective.  All of a sudden, the many projects I am dealing with don’t seem so burdensome.  The mystery of life seems more imminent. I feel refreshed. 

The Oracle of Kaballah says, “The twenty-two letters of the Aleph Beit are the primordial building blocks of creation.  As one of these twenty-two building blocks, Resh, with its meaning of ‘new,’ shows that the power of renewal is built into the very structure of existence.  Ra’ananut, ‘freshness,’ is present at every moment.” 

 Blessings,                                                                                                                                                  Richard Seidman 

To learn more about The Oracle of Kabbalah: Mystical Teachings of the Hebrew Letters, visit http://www.oracleofkabbalah.com.