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First Prize Winner The 1998 Philip and Sylvia Spertus Judaica Prize ...the leading international competition for contemporary Jewish ceremonial art. |
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"Myriads of sparkling seed beads, symbolizing abundance and fertility, are woven together to form my Havdalah Spice Container based on a fanciful image of Leviathan, mythical sea creature. Symbol of divine protection, fertility, and the coming of the Messianic Age, the fish has been a popular form for Havdalah boxes throughout the centuries, particularly in North Africa, the Middle East, and some eastern European communities. At the Shabbat evening meal which foreshadows the world to come, it is traditional to eat fish. At that redemptive time, it is said, the Holy One will prepare a feast of Leviathan flesh for the righteous and will spread its skin over the walls of Jerusalem so its radiance will shine brightly from one end of the world to the other." |
"Adon Livyatan", 1997
Havadalah Spice Container
Beadwork, glass beads, hexolite, metal
6"x6"x6"
