Rabbi's Tallit in Flight

32"x40" mixed media pastel on black museum board

The blue background symbolizes hope...the white...spirituality. The tallis signifies spiritual cleansing. The quest to ascend, to be worthy. To the upper left the tablets memorialize the Ten Commandments, surrounded by a Dark Hole. The arch of shimmering gold is a symbol for transformation: one becomes transformed by entering into the holy of holies. Flanked by Mount Meron where the great Rabbi Shimon Bar Yohai, the author of the Zohar is buried.