A Partner in Correction

Today is the thirteenth day, which is one week and six days, of the Omer. Today is Yesod of Gevurah. Yesod is the point at which the downward flow of divine energy collects before it is delivered into this world. When the sefirot are arranged into the shape of a human figure, Adom Kadmon, Yesod is located in the position of the reproductive organs. In Zoharic kabbalah it refers specifically to the male sexual organ. Just as the sexual organ is the point of physical joining between two individuals, so Yesod represents the point where divine energy is connected and exchanged with the physical world. Yesod of Gevurah represents that condition that occurs when a person’s judgment/disciple encounters and has an effect upon another individual. Ideally we are not just heaping criticism upon an unwilling recipient. Instead the other individual is a partner with us, we offer corrective and helpful advice which the other gratefully accepts and acts upon.