Gardening on the Shabbat. It is O.K.!!!

Date:   5/17/2005 1:56:15 PM ( 19 y ago)

Bingo!
I have been asking
one of my favorite Rabbi's
about Planting on the Sabbath,
normally a day or rest.

This site gives suggestions
for planting an Omer Garden.

In my view, the Omer Countdown
is a Way to prep to Marry God.

Gardening is having sex with God.
See:

http://curezone.com/blogs/m.asp?f=92&i=224

and look at this site by
Janet Rosen:

http://www.zanshinart.com/FineArt/Omer.html

"The Omer Calendar historically marked the time from the first spring grain harvest of barley until the second spring grain harvest of wheat. During this 49 day period (from the second day of Passover until Shavuot), each day an Omer, or sheaf of barley, was brought to the temple. Over time, the agrarian basis became less important, and the connection became more spiritual, tied in with the transition to freedom and with the receiving of the Torah, and the making and use of Omer Calendars an occasion for creative endeavor.

The goal of the Omer Garden is to count the Omer in a way congruent with its agricultural basis and spiritual connection with the earth. It was not practical to do a living garden, even a small one, in this show, but doing a 2-dimensional representation of a full-scale garden allows for the selection and arrangement of a wide range of plants based on cultural or symbolic associations. "



"Each Sabbath's planting
is based on the Seven S'phirot,
or holy attributes:
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During the Diaspora, the agricultural origins of the Omer were replaced by spiritual concerns. One way was to link the Omer with the Seven S’phirot, or holy attributes. Sabbath of each week was selected as the day for the S’phirot planting, because the counting of the Omer transcends the directive to rest, but Sabbath should still be honored as a time of contemplation.
 1. Chesed: love: red rose
 2. Gevurah: respect: sage
 3. Tiferet: compassion: balm
 4. Netzach: efficiency: chives
 5. Hod: esthetics: clematis
 6. Yesod: loyalty: violets
 7. Malchut: leadership: thyme"

 

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