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The Dove
Oct 16, 2015 By Daniel Heschel Silberbusch | Commentary | Noah
This is part of a larger painting/collage that in turn is part of a children’s book I am making inspired by “Had Gadya,” the song we sing at the Pesah Seder’s conclusion. The piece this paper cut-out comes from interprets the song’s final verse “And God came and killed the angel of death.” The verse presents an obvious challenge to a Jewish artist reluctant to “portraitize” God. It also echoes this week’s parashah: God steps in after destruction and promises an end to such destruction (Gen. 8:10-22). Perhaps for this reason I gravitated toward recycling this image.
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Shattered Tablets
Mar 6, 2015 By Daniel Heschel Silberbusch | Commentary | Ki Tissa
What fascinates me about this moment in the Torah (Ex. 32:15-19) is what we forget because we too well remember how the story ends.
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