The third week of our journey focuses at the sefirah of Tiferet, the Heart Centre, the place of Compassion. Here Energy and Form find balance, and Heaven and Earth meet. We feel Tiferet, our own heart space awaken with the full glow of Light.

On any journey, the awareness of the goals we choose at the beginning tend to dim as we proceed, and our energies diminish. Like our ancestors, there are parts of ourselves which automatically bring our favourite limitations into our wilderness, causing our determination to waver. This week invites us to reassess the journey, to remember our purpose and renew our resolve.

Only at Tiferet can we find united that which our senses continually fragment. Tiferet is the centre of our Higher Identity, our non-ego awareness. Where the “I” at Yesod is exclusive, the “I” at Tiferet is inclusive.

Tiferet is the place of the soul our tradition calls Ruach the identify within us which mediates communication between our highest Self, Neshama, and our animal-(or base)-self, Nefesh.
Ruach is the place of breath, and it is with the relaxed breath that we become most aware of the energies of the heart. The level of soul called Ruach sees, feels and knows through the larger “I” of our being. Our vision expands from its contracted state, that we might perceive a fullness in which our paths once again become clear.

On this first day of the third week we bring Chesed into Tiferet. We receive the outpouring of emotional energy from that sefirah, even as we bless Chesed in the greater "I" of Tiferet. We celebrate the Heart of our being.