VL-IV 1 Wheel of Fortune, pgs. 11/13/369/370

[Robin Landseadel]

Leonard Nimoy's :The Shekhina Project, disconnected
for some stupid reason from the Salon article:

http://www.leonardnimoyphotography.com/2photo.htm

You don't want to open this at work. Cool nude
photography that'll probably make you go blind.

"Oh blinding Light,
Oh Light That Blinds
I cannot See,
Look Out For Meeeeeeee. . . ."

"Thunk"

Firesign Theater: "Don't Crush That Dwarf, Hand Me the Pliers."


On Dec 7, 2008, at 9:23 AM, Robin Landseadel wrote:

>  Leonard Nimoy explains:
>
> I saw the priestly gentlemen in my congregation that I was attending  
> with my family doing this with their hands over the congregation.  
> [Nimoy makes the Vulcan greeting sign with his right hand!] I was  
> intrigued. I learned later that that was the shape of the letter  
> Shin in the Hebrew alphabet and that was the first letter in  
> "Shekhina." It's also the first letter in the word "Shaddai," which  
> is the name of the almighty. I understood that. But there was one  
> element that I didn't understand. My father told me, "Don't look."  
> And I saw the whole congregation covering their eyes with their  
> hands or their prayer shawls or looking down at the floor.
>
> "The reason you don't look is because the belief is that the  
> Shekhina enters the sanctuary to bless the congregation. We're told  
> the light of God could be fatal to a human if you saw it. You should  
> not see God face-to-face, and Shekhina is God's presence on earth.  
> When she comes into the sanctuary the light could be fatal. That's  
> why you cover your eyes. I went, "Oh. Wow.”
>
> http://dir.salon.com/story/sex/galleries/2002/09/06/nimoy/index1.html

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