[Avodah] schechinah in the west

[Zev Sero]

Micha Berger wrote:

> I thought the Shechinah is in the West because evening comes there
> first.

On the contrary, evening comes to the east first, i.e. the eastern
horizon gets dark before the western one does.  Thus we judge the degree
of darkness for the varying stages of nightfall by the colour of the
eastern horizon.

> The Zohar (Bamidar 56) places Chessed and Gevurah in the south and north
> respectively.

Not just the Zohar.  Tehillim says "tzafon veyamin ata vera'tam", and
"achor vakedem tzartani" (kedem meaning both east and forward).


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