[Avodah] Lecha Dodi

[Simon Montagu]

On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Cantor Wolberg<cantorwolberg at cox.net> wrote:
> Also, when turning to the entrance of the shul
> it is suggested that one turn counterclockwise. That is, one should turn to
> Maariv via tzafon and return from the west to Mizrach via Darom. Siddur
> Sha'ar Yisakhar (Brooklyn 1982), pg.103.

Is the `ikar to turn to the entrance to the shul? I understood that it
was to turn to the west, "haShechina beMa`arav".