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HANDS: A JEWISH EXPERIENCE

2'X4' BRONZE WALL SCULPTURE AND SCONCE (RADIATES LIGHT FROM WITHIN) DEPICTING 3 HANDS AND AN ARM WITH HAND SUPPORTING A SCROLL WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS INSCRIBED IN HEBREW (THE TORAH.) THE UPPER LEFT HAND IS THAT OF AN ANGEL;THE UPPER RIGHT HAND REPRESENTS THE SOULS OF MARTYRS THAT WERE MURDERED IN THE HOLOCAUST; THE LOWER LEFT HAND IS THAT OF A CHILD REPRESENTING FUTURE GENERATIONS AND THE LOWER RIGHT HAND AND ARM ARE THOSE OF A FIGHTER OR SOLDIER HOLDING A RIFLE OVER A CREMATORIUM SO AS TO PREVENT ANY RE-OCCURRENCE OF THAT EVENT. THE BACKGROUND IS THAT OF THE "WAILING" OR WESTERN WALL OF THE ANCIENT TEMPLE IN JERUSALEM.

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Anonymous Guest 25 Jul 2022

ruel, pls. call me, Mara

Anonymous Guest 30 Jan 2022

Beautiful work! I found you, looking for Carmen…..You were always so gifted as an artist! Lisa Rosen