Tikkun for Av: The month of sovereignty and humility

From the Twelve dimensions of Israel: Nechama Sarah Nadborny


Attributes for this month:
Tribe:Shimon
letter: tet
sovereignty
humility
left kidney
hearing
Menachem Av (July-August)
Leo
hei-vav-yud-hei

The Risk of Self Expression
     Sometimes we must take the risk and follow the deepest voice that we can hear in order to really be alive, to take the chance and live.  We might later discover that it was yet another sound frequency through which we had to pass in order to arrive at the innermost recesses of the soul.  This process required intense faith and prayer in order to cut through our deep-seated tendency to deprecate ourselves (left kidney) on the one hand, or indiscriminately justify ourselves (right kidney) on the other hand.  This inner journey towards the collective soul, the eternal symphony in the paradoxical harmony with individual existence, must be accompanied by a purification of both of these tendencies.  The grand orchestration of truth and rectification can only be heard if every instrument (need and/or desire) is tuned to reverberate with the whole.

     This is illustrated in the vital role that Shimon plays in securing our sovereignty.  When Yehudah was commanded to go up and conquer the land, he took his brother Shimon with him.  Thus we learn that Shimon is a necessary part of redemption.  The sefira of malchut, soverignty embodied in the land) is a facet of this dimension.  The ultimate claims of personal and national soverighnty require a risk of passionate expression.  However, there is always a  chance that such expression can counteract one's goal.

     Although the Moshiach will come from the tribe of Yehudah, he is born on Tisha B'Av, the month of Shimon.   This also teaches that the quality of Shimon's fiery passion for justice is necessary for the final redemption, both personal and collective...The extent to which our Shimon dimension is pure and balanced, the more we deserved our claim.

*I added the bold

To be continued...  (Respect for Variety vs a valid threat)