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	2002 - Shekhina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shekhina is a feminine Hebrew word describing the presence of God.
		Sometimes in clear separation of light and darkness, sometimes in interwoven appearance the Shekhina hides and reveals herself, basically, naturally and in all her warmth and gentleness.
		Shin symbolizes the Shekhina and is used as a sign of blessing.
	www.ponilla.org /Nimoy/Books_Shekhina.htm (475 words)

	2002 - Shekhina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shekhina is a project he worked on for the last nine years (i.
		Sometimes in clear separation of light and darkness, sometimes in interwoven appearance the Shekhina hides and reveals herself, basically, truly and in all her warmth and gentleness.
		With more slides, most of them taken from the book "Shekhina", he allows the audience to get closer to his Shekhina by explaining his relationship to the photography of light and movement with the female body, sometimes covered, sometimes revealed.
	www.ponilla.org /Nimoy/Books_ShekhinaPPP.htm (449 words)

	Umbrage Editions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In the Hebrew, "Shekhina" literally means "dwelling place," and according to the Kabbala, evil came into the world once God separated from his feminine counterpart, Shekhina.
		The Shekhina came to be understood as a crucial element of both the divine and the human spirit, symbolizing the creativity and wisdom without which no being is complete.
		In his introductory text, Nimoy explains the influence of Shekhina on the work: "Ubiquitous, watchful, and often in motion: she is the photographic image of the invisible." Nimoy`s photographic work has been shown in museum and galleries internationally.
	www.umbragebooks.com /exhibit/bookdetail.asp?bookTitle=Shekhina (202 words)

	@forums - View Single Post - Apollo's Frock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		While the Bible does not mention the name Shekhina, she is nevertheless bound to extremely old traditions, and closely relates to the ancient goddesses.
		The feminine nature of the Shekhina is so easy to establish in Hebrew, because the gender of the subject plays an important role in the sentence structure.
		Shekhina represented compassion in its purest form, and despite being, officially, the female side of God, she was visible and audible as a feminine entity in her own right.
	www.atforumz.com /showpost.php?p=3478019&postcount=13 (436 words)

	WELCOME TO NEW VOICES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Shekhina is traditionally thought of as God’s presence in the world, but early Kabbalistic texts have also referred to the Shekhina as a feminine being.
		I was discussing this with a rabbi a few years ago and he said that the reason my father told me not to look was because the Shekhina was entering the synagogue at that time in the service, and the sight of the Shekhina is too powerful for the average person to view.
		One belief holds that Moses and the Shekhina lived together as husband and wife and that, upon his death, the Shekhina carried him to his burial place on her wings.
	www.newvoices.org /cgi-bin/articlepage.cgi?id=106 (899 words)

	The Black Vault Forums-viewtopic-Shekhina, shekina, a flying abode of a god. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As soon as the Tabernacle was erected, the Shekhina descended and dwelt among them." Another quotation from early 3rd century says: "On that day a thing came about which had never existed since the creation of the world.
		Shekhina comforted the sick, the poor, the suffering, and had a particular concern for repentant sinners "These are accepted by the Shekhina as if they were righteous and pious persons who never sinned.
		The image of Shekhina, carrying the dead body of her husband to his final resting place, resembles the myth of Anath, carrying the body of her husband Baal to his burial place.
	www.bvalphaserver.com /postt40230.html (1452 words)

	Nimoy's Latest Frontier: 'The Shekhina Project' (washingtonpost.com)
		They are Leonard Nimoy's embodiment of Shekhina -- the feminine presence of God.
		In 2002, he published "Shekhina," a book of about 40 photographs that explore his interest in the feminine aspects of Jewish divinity.
		"Shekhina" was banned from a Jewish book fair in Detroit last year, and Nimoy's appearance at a fundraising dinner for the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle was canceled shortly after the book was published.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A19254-2004May11.html (685 words)

	Alljudaica.com
		The Shekhina came to be understood as a crucial element of both divine and human spirit, symbolizing the creativity and wisdom without which no human being is complete.
		Renowned actor and director Leonard Nimoy has turned to photography as a means of inquiry into the mysteries of the Shekhina.
		In his introductory text, Nimoy elaborates on the influence Shekhina has had on the work: "I have imagined her as ubiquitous, watchful and often in motion...This work is my quest for insight, the exploration of my own spirituality, and, as such, has been a deeply moving and expanding process."
	www.alljudaica.com /detail_print.asp?bid=3431 (147 words)

	Welcome to KosherTorah
		Nok d’Z.A. is the Shekhina, the holy spark of the Divine that gives life to all.
		Thus the Shekhina is not in a state of proper union with Z.A. This state of affairs needs to be rectified.
		Prior to the performance of every commandment of the Torah, the Kabbalists instituted a formula to be read as a proclamation and preparation so the one performing the commandment or mitzvah simply does not perform the deed aimlessly, but rather focused, directed to the greater purpose of the universe.
	www.koshertorah.com /the%20lshem%20yihud.html (391 words)

	Christine’s Faery List: Fays
		Shekhina: Talmudic term for the created splendor of light which acts as an intermediary between God and man, and which sometimes takes on human form.
		When the Temple was destroyed, the Shekhina had to flee and divinity was split apart.
		According to Saadiah Gaon, the Shekhina is identical with kvod he-Shem (’the glory of God’;), which served as an intermediary between God and man during the prophetic experience.
	www.tartanplace.com /faery/fay.html (958 words)

	THE SHEKHINA AND THE SOURCE - Jewel in the Lotus - Reading Number 194 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He is divided into the ultimate being of God, Elohut, which is remote and apart from the creatures, and the Presence of God, his Glory, the Shekhina, which dwells in the world, wandering astray and scattered.
		But it is the property of the soul of man, by means of service, to bring the Shekhina nearer to its source, and to let it re-enter into it.
		But he should do all for the sake of the want of the Shekhina, and thus all will be redeemed of itself, and his own suffering is calmed in the calming of the roots above.
	theosophy.org /tlodocs/Readings/194.htm (209 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Live Online
		And in fact that they did live together as husband and wife until he died and that a kiss from her lips to his released his soul to heaven and she then carried him on her wings to his final burial place.
		The Shekhina is not a separate deity but is the feminine aspect of God and does indeed represent the nourishing, sympathetic, supportive aspect of the deity.
		Leonard Nimoy: The word Shekhina is of feminine gender and the relationship between she and her male counterpart is referred to in much of the writings as physical and that of a consort.
	discuss.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/zforum/02/sp_entertainment_nimoy110602.htm (2326 words)

	UJA-Federation of New York: Art and Tradition at Center of Spock Spat (JTA)
		Yet with "Shekhina," Nimoy, 71, is igniting an artistic debate in the Jewish community over art and censorship that echoes the battles that swirled over Mapplethorpe, and other artists like Andres Serrano and Chris Ofili, who created controversial religious imagery.
		For Nimoy, that journey began when he was 8 and saw Kohanim in his Orthodox shul in Boston split their fingers in a "V" sign as they administered the priestly blessing to the congregation.
		His father explained they were forming the Hebrew letter "shin" and, by wrapping themselves in their tallitot, were hiding from the Shekhina, whose light was too intense for men to view.
	www.ujafedny.org /site/News2?JServSessionIdr012=wmhwc6nfd1.app26a&page=NewsArticle&id=5697 (1252 words)

	Shabbat Shalom The weekly parsha commentary - parshat
		As in certain circles of Tanaim the study of Torah brings the Shekhina to the midst of the learners, so in other circles, mystical in character, the study of the "Account of the Chariot" brings the presence of the Shekhina.
		The heretic's question was based on the assumption that when the Shekhina is found in a minyan of men, that is the only place where God is to be found - similar to the Biblical description of God's dwelling in the Mishkan.
		This parallel between Shekhina and sunlight, is another abstraction of the concept of Shekhina, an abstraction which preserves the exalted unity.
	www.netivot-shalom.org.il /parshaeng/vayakhel5762.php (2538 words)

	The Lord and The Shekhina
		The Shekhina (also Shekhinah or Shekina), means in Hebrew "Divine Manifestation," "Divine Presence," "Divine Power," "Glory," and "Grace." (Shekhina is a feminine word in Hebrew.) It is the Talmudic term for the visible and audible manifestation of Deity's presence on Earth.
		The Shekhina is considered so large that She overshadows the world (i.e., is transcendent), but so small She can dwell in the Temple and in each aspect of creation (i.e., is immanent).
		By the 3rd century CE, the Shekhina was considered capable of opposing and influencing the Lord.
	www.wheeloftheyear.com /reference/shekhina.htm (935 words)

	Urbach The Sages 3: The Shekhina--The Presence of God in the World
		The designation Shekhina connotes the personification and hypostasis of God's presence in the world, that is, of God's immanence.
		In Tannaitic literature the term Shekhina is used when the manifestation of the Lord and His nearness to man are spoken of
		Shekhina attaches to the lowly, humble and contrite (e.g., thorn-bush, modest people).
	www.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/RelS367/Urbach3.html (567 words)

	Skekhina Project
		A feminine word in Hebrew, Shekhina is the Talmudic term for the visible and audible manifestations of the Deity's presence on Earth.
		Nimoy's first encounter with the mystique of Shekhina began in synagogue at the age of 8.
		His first encounter with the mystery and power of Shekhina came as a child when he attended the Orthodox Jewish service with the men of his family and was forbidden to raise his eyes to the blessing of the invisible deity.
	www.rmichelson.com /Artist_Pages/Nimoy/pages/Shekina.htm (753 words)

	tori: defined - shekhina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Shekhina is the English spelling of the Hebrew language word that means the glory or radiance of God, or God resting in his house or Tabernacle amongst his people.
		It is derived from the Hebrew verb 'sakan' - to dwell.
		The Shekinah is held by many to represent the feminine attributes of the presence of God.
	www.toridefined.com /shekhina.html (120 words)

	UGO.com Feature - Leonard Nimoy Interview
		Leonard Nimoy: About 6 years ago, talking to a Rabbi, relative, friend about the benediction that you get, that I remembered when I was a little kid, in the Orthodox Synagogue, when the Cohanim get up to bless the congregation.
		But I didn't know why you're not supposed to look, and he explained to me that you cover your eyes because my father told me not to look and the whole congregation had their heads covered with their tallit prayer shawls and had their eyes covered with their hands.
		He said you're not supposed to look because the belief is that Shekhina enters the sanctuary at that time to bless the congregation.
	www.ugo.com /channels/freestyle/features/leonardnimoy (1111 words)

	FORWARD : Arts & Letters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His depiction of alluringly glamorous women — some wearing tefillin in all their naked glory — as the essence of the feminine manifestation of God struck some as revolutionary and others as salacious.
		Over time, Shekhina came to represent much more — a softer, empathetic feminine counterpart to God who could argue for humanity's sake, comfort the poor and sick, and stand as the mother of Israel.
		In fact, the candid nature of Nimoy's photography in "Shekhina" usually garnered warm reception — apart from a few engagements, including the Jewish book fair in Detroit, where he was asked not to appear with his book.
	www.forward.com /issues/2004/04.01.16/arts2.html (832 words)

	JEWCY - Auto Focus
		The controversy surrounding Nimoy is in response to his new coffee-table book Shekhina, which features fl-and-white art photos of unclad women with Jewish prayer garments and ritual accessories.
		And as far as the sensuality and the sexuality is concerned, I've discovered that there's a deep vein of sexuality that runs through all the mythology of the religion that's not very often talked about, but it's been there for centuries.
		It was a kiss from the Shekhina's mouth to Moses that released his soul to heaven when he died.
	www.jewsweek.com /bin/en.jsp?enPage=BlankPage&enDisplay=view&enDispWhat=object&enDispWho=Article%5El173&enZone=Stories&enVersion=0& (1939 words)

	Beliefnet.com
		The SHEKHINA: the frequently used Talmudic term denoting the visible and audible manifestation of God's Presence on earth [Gaia's note: which led Moses thru the desert].
		The beleif in the Shekhina (or Matronit)-- the matronly, divine figure who, in a way, functioned as an intermediary between the People of Israel and God, was a simple, easily comprehended idea.
		The deep emotional attachment of the simple, unsophisticated followers of the Kabbala to the Shekhina was comparable to the relationship of the Italian or Spanish villagers to their Madonnna.
	www.beliefnet.com /boards/message_list.asp?boardID=5605&discussionID=250370 (1041 words)

	Leonard Nimoy
		This religious heritage has had a profound influence on science fiction culture, and over 35 years later that same influence has culminated in Shekhina, an eight-year project by the actor in which he explores part of his Jewish roots.
		Decades later (when he was 62, in fact), Nimoy shared this story with a rabbi friend, who in turn revealed to him why he was told not to look.
		According to Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism), during the blessing, the shekhina - the feminine essence of God - appears, and would be too much for mere mortals to look upon.
	www.scifidimensions.com /Dec02/leonardnimoy.htm (983 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: Shekhina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Leonard Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1931.
		Once again, the Shekhina message is a loose one, ultimately serving Nimoy's personal views on sensuality.
		Leonard Nimoy is a fascinating man with a probing mind, who sometimes outdoes himself in his unique mix of sentimentality and arrogance, and this book captures all of these things.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1884167160 (1165 words)

	Assif Tsahar - Shekhina: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com
		Shekhina [+] should have been subtitled "Four Compositions of the New Jazz," as a nod to Braxton, because in many ways that's where Tsahar is coming from.
		Like Braxton he has every interest -- or so it seems by his playing -- in remaining close to the jazz lineage without being imprisoned by it.
		While there are no standout works on Shekhina [+], there are no dead dogs either.
	music.com /release/shekhina/1 (367 words)

	Shekhina on the mind this week (Michael J. Radwin's blog)
		Shekhina on the mind this week (Michael J. Radwin's blog)
		I made my way to Sinai Temple this past Sunday to hear Leonard Nimoy speak about his new book Shekhina, a "photographic essay" of the feminine side of God.
		We read a commentary on Parashat Kedoshim that said that when a community comes together l'shem shemayim (in the name of Heaven), the Shekhina is present, and that it is our responsibility to create a kli (vessel) for that presence.
	www.radwin.org /michael/blog/2003/02/shekhina_on_the_mind_this_.html (428 words)

	Shekina Project, Nimoy at Meadows 2002
		The photographs in The Shekhina Project are based on scriptural mythology and ancient spirituality.
		In his introductory text, Nimoy explains the influence Shekhina has had on the work: "I have imagined her as ubiquitous, watchful and often in motion.
		22, 2002 (Sunday): Public lecture entitled "Shekhina: The Feminine Face of God" by Dr. Susan Brayford, professor of religious studies at Centenary College of Louisiana, in the second floor galleries of the Meadows Museum of Art from 2 to 3 p.m.with light refreshments to follow the lecture.
	www.centenary.edu /news/2002/September/02meado.html (1003 words)

	HUC-JIR > News & Publications > HUC-JIR News > Press Release
		Leonard Nimoy: Shekhina, an exhibition of photographs by the renowned artist and actor, will be on view at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum from September 9, 2002 to January 10, 2003.
		Nimoy's luminous photographs from his recent book, Shekhina, express his search for the essence of the Shekhina, which he interprets as the manifestation of the divine presence in humankind and, particularly, the feminine aspect of God.
		In the earliest Kabbalistic writings, marked by mysticism and the belief in creation through emanation, the Shekhina is described as the feminine principle in the world of the divine Sefirot, the powers emanating from God, through which the world is created and its order sustained.
	www.huc.edu /newspubs/pressroom/2002/nimoy.shtml (575 words)

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