Hamavdil Tray

Hamsa ben porat Josef wall hanging designed by the israeli artist Shraga Landesman

Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall (Genesis 49:22, King James Version)
This is the blessing Jacob gives to Joseph before his death. We find this verse written on amulets from the first century, and with good reason. In Talmudic times, Talmudic sages taught that Joseph and his descendants were protected against the Evil Eye; that is, the Evil Eye has no power over them. The Talmud compares Joseph’s descendants to fish in the sea—the water covers them, so the Evil Eye can’t control them. So it is for Joseph’s descendants, too: the Evil Eye can’t control them.

‘Jeremiah’s prophecy’ wall hanging designed by the israeli artist Shraga Landesman.

I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth (Jeremiah 2:2, King James)
In Jeremiah’s first prophecy, I love the metaphor the prophet uses to describe the deepening relationship between the partners who are living on memories of shared experiences from the past.
The spiral in this work describes the 40 years of wandering in the desert as a time of bonding, and the 12 palm trees represent the 12 tribes.