In Jewish mysticism, the figure of the Shekhinah emerges as a feminine spirit of divine presence accompanying the people of Israel through all their transformations and wanderings.
How does the Shekhinah move through the Tree of Life during the counting of the Omer, between Passover and Shavuot?
Why is she compared to a living spring, and was she ever conceived as a goddess-like figure?
And why does she pause at the planet Venus, appearing in enigmatic forms on Passover bowls and ritual objects?
This lecture traces the Shekhinah as a liminal presence between concealment and revelation, moving through stories, dreams, and artworks that preserve — or sometimes obscure — forgotten traditions.
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