BLESSING FOR THE HOME

Hand-cut Papercut
8"x8"
Blessing for the Home
"May this home be a place of health, joy and peace"

Ketubah - Marriage Dedication

Hand-cut Papercuts
Ketubah 16"x16"

Song of Songs 5:16 (in part)

This is my beloved and this is my friend

זֶה דוֹדִי וְזֶה רֵעִי

In this papercut one can see the beloved couple embracing.The abundance of foliage and the deep, intertwining roots surrounding the two trunks that have merged into one, symbolize a long and strong life together. Dancing friends, grounded and growing together in new directions.

 

Tree of Life
Wedding Gift
Papercuts

SPRING SERIES - LIFE IS IN THE DETAILS

Papercut 5"X7"

THE POMEGRANATE

*Anchors the Spring with the abundance of Loving Kindness

1 of 4 papercuts - Jewels: Small Works Exhibit

Showing at the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga

March 26 to May 11, 2012

SPRING SERIES - LIFE IS IN THE DETAILS

Papercut 5"X7"

THE HUMMINGBIRD

1 of 4 papercuts - Jewels: Small Works Exhibit

Showing at the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga

March 26 to May 11, 2011

SPRING SERIES - LIFE IS IN THE DETAILS

Papercuts 5"X7"
THE DRAGONFLY

1 of 4 papercuts - Jewels: Small Works Exhibit
Showing at the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga
Marxh 26 to May 11, 2012

SPRING SERIES-LIFE IS IN THE DETAILS

Papercut 5"X7"
THE BUTTERFLY

1 of 4 papercuts - Jewels: Small Works Exhibit
Showing at the Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga
March 26 to May 11, 2012

ELI, ELI - MY GOD, MY GOD

HADERA, ISRAEL - PARTICIPATING IN - P2G WINDOWS OF IDENTITY 2012

POEM BY HANNAH SENESH
My God, My God
I pray that these things never end
The sand and the sea
The rush of the waters
The crash of the heavens
The prayer of man (the heart)

THE PAPERCUT
The Tree of Life-Eitz Chaim, perceptibly present, is the blessing of abundance – Torah.
It leans slightly to the East, to direct the prayers of our heart towards Jerusalem.
Encircling the tree are three connecting rings:
Israel - Hebrew script …ELI, ELI
Peoplehood - intertwining vines linked together;
the strength and might of the Jewish people.
Diaspora - My God, My God… English script.
The rings that unify are continually surrounded by the elements of nature.
The sand and the sea, the rush of the waters, the crash of the heavens, the prayer of man (the heart)
THE VERY NATURE OF PAPERCUTTING IS KEEPING THE PARTS CONNECTED, SO AS NOT TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE WHOLE - SHALOM.

Painted Papercuts

GEMILUT CHASADIM - LOVING KINDNESS

TRIBUTE CARD for JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER CHATTANOOGA
Eitz Chaim (The Tree of Life), shown here with seven pomegranates, symbolizes the richness of the Jewish value of giving. In Judaism, there are seven marriage vows, families wait seven days to name a baby or celebrate a Brit Milah (with the actual ceremony on the eighth day), and the mourning period of shivah lasts seven days. Pomegranates represent fertility and abundance. They are said to contain 613 seeds, the number of mitzvot (commandments) in the Torah. One of the 613 mitzvot is tzedakah, which in Modern Hebrew is translated as giving.

Painted Papercuts

PATHWAY OF PROTECTION

Painted Papercuts 14x14" unframed

Psalm 121:8

"God guards your going and your coming for now and forevermore."

THE PROSPERER

Psalm 1:3
And He shall be like a tree planted beside rivulets of water,
Which brings forth its fruit in its season, and its leaves do not wilt,
And all that he does prospers.

Painted Papercuts

FOR OUR SEASONS

Ecclesiastes 3:1 Kohelet
To eveything there is a season,
And a time for every purpose under heaven

Painted Papercuts