[Avodah] schechinah in the west

[Yitzhak Grossman]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:08:47 -0500
Zev Sero <zev at sero.name> wrote:

> Eli Turkel wrote:
> > There is one opinion in the gemara that the schechina is in the west
> 
> One opinion?  Is there another one?
> 
>  
> > 1. What does that mean versus the opinion that the schechina is everywhere
> > which seems to be more obvious
> 
> Is this a contradictory opinion, or something entirely different?  I've
> never heard of them contrasted.

The Gemara (Bava Basra 25a) clearly contrasts them, and see Tosafos
(s.v. le'chol) who clearly indicates that not everyone agrees with the
statement "shechina be'ma'arav".

Yitzhak
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