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Sketching Out: Sketches of art, watercolor, photos, recipes, books, interviews, Jewish topics, and Highland Park, New Jersey

Category: hag

Wine Bottle and Lamentations on Fabric Watercolors

Devarim, Illustrated Tehillim, and Lamentations by Yael Ziegler

What is the motivation to choose a subject to paint? See watercolors of a wine bottle and favorite books on a patterned fabric.

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Tisha B’Av: Fox in Ruins Watercolor

Fox in Ruins: They saw a fox. Akiva comforted us.

Tisha B’Av (9th of the month of Av) is the saddest day of the Jewish calendar. In this watercolor the fox comes of out of the ruins and made Rabbi Akiva laugh.

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Adar Art, Purim Theater, and a Torah Parade

Torah on parade, North 7th Avenue, Highland Park, New Jersey

Adar is a time of increasing joy. See a painting welcoming a Torah, a flute boy getting rid of evil decrees, and learn about Purim Kattan, little Purim.

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Sephardi Piyut of Rosh Hashana

Et Sha’arei Ratzon (Oked Vehanekad), sung by Sephardim on Rosh Hashana, is a 12th century poem about the sacrifice of Isaac.

Filed in: hag, Jewish Tagged: etz ahaim

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