Why is Judaism Anti-Clockwise?
We live in an anti-clockwise universe. It is the direction of: Electrons of an atom revolving around the nucleus. The moon revolving around the earth. The earth rotating on its axis. The earth and all other planets revolving around the sun. The Milky way and all galaxies. Islam is anticlockwise. On the first day of the Hajj, pilgrims walk around the Ka'bah seven times in an anti-clockwise direction while repeating prayers. From a brief search, Christian and Pagan ceremony also seem to be largely anti-clockwise. It seems to dominate religious circumparambulation. It prevails on running tracks and chariot racing, which probably reflects domination by right-handed and right-footed people. So why am I writing about this? One recent Friday evening, I was at a local synagogue where alcoholic lubrication is positively encouraged. The man-dancing was anti-clockwise as it always is (same true for Jewish festival of Sukkot and Bride circling the groom. And, for tho