Bless the Lord, O my Soul

Psalms [ 103:1]



Art and Jewish tradition
to me are two correlative
forms that try to realize and
reflect the meaning of human
being. The meaning is
forgotten when the system of
thoughts,
that raised it, is not acting
on.
The tradition is keeping
on, but there is danger for
it's going to be not
intelligent ritual or transit
to obsession. So, to my
consideration, the fruitful
approach in
Jewish Fine Arts is the one in
two - meaning and shape;
ethics and principles of
plastic language's
organization.


Prohibition on Jewish Fine
Arts



Can we talk about
conception of Jewish Fine Arts
if there is a prohibition on
it from the Torah:
Exodus [20:4]:
"Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image, or any
likeness, of any thing that is
the heaven above, or that is
in the earth beneath, or that
is in the water under the
earth."
[A Jewish Bible according to
the Masoretic text, "Sinai"
publishing, Tel-Aviv, Israel].

When we translate this
prohibition from Hebrew word
by word we shall see:
"Thou shalt not make unto
thee graven image, or...

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