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CONTENT: Home Blessings - Synagogues - Jewish Wisdom

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Home blessing according Devarim / Deuteronomy 28:6.

For a details and comparison with the widespread home blessing (Birkat Habait), which is a modern poem, see here.

Home Blessing in a sheaf of wheat II

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Home Blessing Art Deco - inspired by the door to the old cemetery in Budapest

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Home blessing griffins and lyre II

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Home Blessing in a sheaf of wheat I

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Home Blessing - Art Nouveau

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Pomegranates I (Milgroym in Yiddish)

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Home blessing inspired by Zeev Raban´s dove motif

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Pomegranates II (Milgroym in Yiddish)

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Home blessing inspired by the press pass for the 2nd Zionist Conference

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Synagogues

The four papercuts are from a series of synagoges with which I have a special connection. I reserved Berlin´s Synagogue Fraenkeufer - most important one for me - as the last of the series (to be finieshed).

Synagogue - Rykesstrasse

Rykestrasse Synagogue iin Berlin s Germany's largest synagogue built in 1903/1904. Read more....

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Synagogue Ingweiler, Elsass, France

The Synagogue in Ingwiller (Unterelsass, Alsace, France) was established as an orthodox shul in 1870 after remodelling of an oder building which incorporated the remains of a palace. Read more....

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Neue Synagogue, Oranienburgerstrasse Berlin

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Synagogue Bedzin before destruction

The Great Synagogue of Bedzin (Yiddish בענדין‎ ) of 1881 served a vibrant Jewish community, which constituted half of the cities population. Read more....

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Jewish Wisdom

Descriptions to follow

 

Hillel: "That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow [your neighbour]. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn"

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5774-18_SMF_23_Hillel_PirkeiAvot

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עַם יִׂשְרָאֵל חַי
Am Yisrael Chai
Three words symbolise the indomitable Jewish spirit: surviving against all odds and triumphing over persecution, adversity and destruction. They also stand for the determination to meet and overcome any challenges that the future might bring. Read more....

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