Twenty One Days: 3 weeks of the Omer — Malchut of Tiferet

Malchut, as the tenth of the sefirot, is the culmination of them all, and is often looked at Sovereignty or Dignity. However, it is also the sefira that is about manifestation on the earthly plane of this world, which is a world of imperfection. For this reason, I will take a bit of a different interpretation from the classic look at the energy of the day and suggest that this is where we look at the limits of our compassion. In the world we live in, our own compassion is going to be imperfect. Because the truth is that we are not realized beings. And we are not even sovereign in our own lives. When we recognize this, really get it at our core, we can also have some compassion for ourselves in our imperfection, as we work to the best that we can to bring compassion into the world in the causes we bring our limited and imperfect powers to.

In Christian Kabbala, Tiferet is identified with the sacred heart of Christ — an open wound that takes on the suffering of the world. In Malchut of Tiferet, we are aware of that suffering, we feel it because we are not separate from it. However, we bear our own suffering with dignity, and as we work to lessen the suffering of others, we do nothing to lessen their diginity.