Shadai Guardian Of Doors Painting By Aharon April

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Medium:

Painting Oil

Size - (USA):

200 W x 150 H x 2 D (cm)

Size - (metric):

78.7 W x 59.1 H x 0.8 D (inches)

Theme:

Judaic

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

628246

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Artwork Description:   one of the names of the God of Israel. El Shaddai is conventionally translated as God Almighty. Analogous is the case with mezuzah – a piece of parchment with two passages from the Book of Deuteronomy, curled up in a small encasement and affixed to a doorframe. At least since the Geonic times, the name Shaddai is often written on the back of the parchment containing the shema‘ and sometimes also on the casing itself. The name is traditionally interpreted as being an acronym of shomer daltot Yisrael the guardian of the doors of Israel or shomer dirot Yisrael the guardian of the dwellings of Israel. However, this notarikon itself has its source most probably in Zohar Va’ethanan where it explains the meaning of the word Shaddai and connects it to mezuzah.