Second Cup of Wine - Yetzirah (Formation Consciousness)

The Kabbalistic World of Formation is a space where all of our emotions are deities with consciousness all their own. Each emotion that is experienced in the physical world is an entity with its own nature. We experience our feelings as visitors.

As we speak the blessing on this second cup and drink, we are invited to get present with our emotional experience. We notice: What are the feelings here, as we join our voices in blessing? What are the sensations in my own heart? What tone do we sense in the room?  How is it to inhabit the shared emotional body that we’ve cultivated together in this ritual space?

Lift up your glass.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְיָ, אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם, בּוֹרֵא פְּרִי הַגָּפֶן

Baruch Atah Adonai, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, borei p’ree hagafen.

A toast: in the Presence of the Infinite, we savor the blessing of transformation: vine to wine.

If anyone would like to share their own toast, please unmute and do so. Otherwise, go ahead and drink the second glass of wine/grape juice/etc.!


haggadah Section: -- Cup #2 & Dayenu
Source: Four Cups: Seder for Hatching and Lab/Shul