Loved Into Existence: A Soulful Guide to Sefiras Ha'Omer | Chana Kalmenson

A conversation with Chana Kalmenson: shlucha of Chabad of Belgravia in London, poet, and teacher of Jewish mysticism, on the Sefirot of the Omer.Chana walks through each of the seven emotional Sefirot: Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, and Malchut. What each one is, how they relate to each other, and how they show up in everyday emotional life. The episode also covers how the months of Nissan, Iyar, and Sivan mirror human development from childhood to maturity, why the inner work of the Omer is what prepares us to receive the Torah at Sinai, and how to approach the counting without falling into perfectionism.The conversation goes especially deep on three Sefirot: Hod (humility, gratitude, surrender), Tiferet (compassion, holding paradox, the antidote to shame), and Malchut (dignity, agency, authentic expression). Chana shares what she learned about humility from her father-in-law, the Chassidic teaching on the soul's forgetting at birth, and how to step out of comparison with others.A grounded, accessible introduction to the Sefirot for anyone counting the Omer or wanting to understand the Kabbalistic map of the inner life.* * * * * * *To inquire about sponsorship & advertising opportunities, please email us at [email protected] support our work, visit humanandholy.com/sponsor.Find us on Instagram @humanandholy & subscribe to our channel to stay up to date on all our upcoming conversations ✨Human & Holy podcast is available on all podcast streaming platforms. New episodes every Sunday & Wednesday on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts.* * * * * * *TIMESTAMPS:0:00 Opening reflection: loved into existence, loving me as me00:31 Tonia's Intro01:58 Welcome, and Chana on women's circles05:25 What is Sefirat HaOmer, really? Pesach as emergence, Sinai as the destination11:38 Nissan, Iyar, Sivan — the child, the teenager, the partner17:45 Walking through each Sefirah: Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferet, Netzach, Hod, Yesod, Malchut22:10 Why we use consciousness to look at the inner emotional life29:17 When perfectionism hijacks the practice (and what to do instead)33:03 On Hod: humility, gratitude, the quiet power of the left leg40:33 What Chana learned from her father-in-law about humility46:10 The trauma of forgetting at birth, and the long work of remembering50:37 On Tiferet: holding paradox, growing up, why compassion is truth56:09 Self-compassion as the antidote to shame1:00:14 On Malchut: dignity, agency, and what emerges when everything inside has a voice1:09:33 Soul to soul