275 Ketubah. Creation
34.4"x16.9", 59x43 cm
Giclée print of an original ketubah, limited edition
of 250, signed and numbered.
Gold added by hand.
The six days of Creation and the holy Shabbat are represented
in this colorful ketubah, in concentric circular borders,
a day in each. The first day, in which light was created,
is all gold. The second day – the separation of water
and heavens; third day – the creation of land and
vegetation; sun and moon, day and night, on the fourth day.
Small creatures of land, air and water were formed on the
fifth day and the birds represent them, while elephants,
largest of all mammals, symbolize the Lord's work on the
sixth day, crowned with the creation of man and woman. Shabbat,
the blessed day of rest, is adorned with flowers.
In the four corners are the colors of the four seasons,
each crawling into the next as a secondary border, because
of the continuity of time. The cycle of the year does not
have sharp breaks, it flows…
The two half circles move closer to become one, being at
the same time whole circles, like the man and woman uniting
to become one family, and still retain their uniqueness,
their identity as autonomous people.
The verse quoted at the bottom panel, from Genesis 2:24,
says: "Hence a man leaves his father and mother and
clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh".
The verse at the top, from Hosea 2:21-22, says: "And
I will espouse you forever; I will espouse you with righteousness
and justice, and with goodness and mercy, and I will espouse
you with faithfulness".
Price $580
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