]> http://www.shalomctr.org/taxonomy/term/90/all en http://www.shalomctr.org/node/308 <p>Rabbi Arthur Waskow<br /> <H2>Sacred Clothing, Holy Body, Naked Torah</H2>By Rabbi Arthur Waskow</p> <p>Peep inside the Holy Ark: We see the tailored jackets, woven of dark and bright and many-colored cloth, embroidered with gold and silver threads, bearing glowing breast-plates of gems and gold and silver &#151; all to act as protection, celebration, for the Torah.</p> <p>Holy ornaments. Yet the Torah Scroll is holiest not clothed but naked &#151; laid bare with only letters showing. Black fire of meaning &#151; glowing in the midst of the still more naked white space on the parchment, inviting readers to weave new meaning from the strands of blankness.</p> Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:00:16 -0500