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<h1><strong>Counting the Omer with Rabbi Susie Moskowitz</strong></h1>
<h1>Day 22 — Goodheartedness</h1>
<p><em><strong>Lev Tov</strong></em><strong><em> </em>• </strong>
<strong>לב טוב</strong></p>
<p>By Rabbi Micha Berger, Passaic, New Jersey</p>
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<p>Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai asked his five prize students, “What is the
straight path that a person should cling to?” Each gave a different answer
– “a good eye”, “a good friend”, “a good neighbor”,
“foreseeing the consequences” of one’s actions. But it was Rabbi Elazar
ben Arakh’s answer that the teacher praised as being superior, since it
includes all the others, “A good heart.”</p>
<p>The Zohar, Kabbalah’s primary text, tells us in the name of Rabbi Eliezer
(Toledot § 54), “‘A good heart’ is a construction of body and soul.”
The physical heart is at the center of a person’s body, and the metaphoric
heart is at the center of our entire existence. So, while in contemporary
culture we think of the heart as the seat of the emotions, in Jewish tradition
the heart is where everything comes together – body and soul, intellect and
emotion, desire and will. The path of the good heart navigates the conflicts
and the balances between them.</p>
<p>Thus, having “a good heart” means looking for the best in others, with
“a good eye”, rather than being jealous of them, so that we are good
friends to those close to us, and a solid neighbor to our acquaintances. To be
present in the right amounts for the betterment of everyone. However, none of
this is possible without “foreseeing the consequences” of our actions and
letting them guide us, rather the pursuing immediate gratification.</p>
<p>Walking the path of the good heart means knowing how and when to use each
of our other gifts.</p>
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