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The Illuminated Haggadah

 

Limited Haggadah Facsimile Edition

A facsimile edition, limited to 613 copies, will be available in high-quality and true-to-the-original print.  Using a new and expensive technological method, each page is printed separately through the plotter (specialized printer ) in breathtaking color and on delicately textured, high quality (no acid) artistic paper which is preserved for years.  An additional hand-made work of 24-kt gold on all pages, upgrades the Haggadah to a unique, elegant piece of art.

Both the cover and box are made of genuine leather.        

Book size: 10.5 x 14 inches.

 
The Illuminated Haggadah-Limited Facsimile Edition
  The Illuminated Haggadah-Limited Facsimile Edition
     
 

     
  Megillat Shir Hashirim / Limited Edition

"Art Chazin" transformed the calligraphy of the text of Shir Hashirim – Songs of Solomon into a magical painting. This timeless Biblical expression of beauty is presented in a beautiful Hebrew calligraphy with imagery of Song of Solomon paper-cut. The framing is showing the love of the artist to the texts. You can vividly see the birds and flowers of the garden of love. It is a Limited edition that will surely turn into a collector's item. Click on the picture to see a larger picture and enjoy its details.

A facsimile edition, limited to 72 copies, will be available in high-quality and true-to-the-original print. Using a new and expensive technological method, each page is printed separately through the plotter (specialized printer ) in breathtaking color and on delicately textured, high quality (no acid) artistic paper which is preserved for years. Price: 400$

This special Megillat  Shir Hashirim edition is limited to only 72 copies---Size: 20 x 80 inches.

 

 Parchment Limited Edition

 
Shir Hashirim / Song Of Songs  
Shir Hashirim / Song Of Songs  
 

   
 

 Paper Limited Edition

  Megillat Shir Hashirim scroll
 
   

 

 

 

Megillat Esther-Limited Edition--180 copies -- Esther scroll, printed from the parchment Original
 

   


A facsimile edition, limited to 180 copies, will be available in high-quality and true-to-the-original print. Using a new and expensive technological method, each page is printed separately through the plotter (
specialized printer ) in breathtaking color and on delicately textured, high quality (no acid) artistic paper which is preserved for years. Price: 500$

A limited edition is normally hand signed and numbered by the artist, typically in pencil, in the form (eg): 14/180. The first number is the number of the print itself. The second number is the number of overall prints the artist will print of that image. The lower the second number is, the more valuable and collectible the limited editions are likely to be, within whatever their price range is. A small number of "artists' proofs" may also be produced as well, signed and with "AP", "proof" etc.

   
   

   
    Facsimile

A facsimile (from Latin fac simile, "make like") is a copy or reproduction of an old book, manuscript, map, art print or other item of historical value that is as true to the original source as possible using, normally, some form of photographic technique. It differs from other forms of reproduction by attempting to replicate the source as accurately as possible in terms of scale, color, condition, and other material qualities. For books and manuscripts, this also entails a complete copy of all pages; hence an incomplete copy is a "partial facsimile". Facsimiles are used, for example, by scholars to research a source that they do not have access to otherwise and by museums and archives for museum and media preservation. Many are sold commercially, often accompanied by a volume of commentary. They may be produced in limited editions, typically of 500–2,000 copies, and cost the equivalent of a few thousand United States dollars.

Facsimiles in the age of mechanical reproduction

Advances in the art of facsimile are closely related to advances in printmaking. Maps, for instance, were the focus of early explorations in making facsimiles, although these examples often lack the rigidity to the original source that is now expected. An early example being Abraham Orteliusmap]] (1598). Innovations during the 18th century, especially in the realms of lithography and aquatint saw an explosion in the number of facsimiles after old master drawings that could be studied from afar.

Facsimiles and conservation

Important illuminated manuscripts like Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry are not only on display to the public as facsimiles, but now even scholars may only consult high-quality copies. However, unlike normal book reproduction processes, facsimiles remain truer to the original colors—which is especially important for illuminated manuscripts—as well as defects.

Facsimiles are best suited to printed or hand-written documents, and not to items such as three dimensional objects or oil paintings with unique surface texture. Reproductions of those latter objects are often referred to as replicas.
   
   

   
 

The Story of Passover

Passover is a holiday that celebrates the escape of the Israelites from Egypt in approximately 1225 B.C.E.  The narrative of this adventure is told in the Biblical book of Exodus.

The Israelites had moved down into Egypt as long as 400 years earlier, according to the Bible.  But some scholars suggest that the actual time span was probably closer to 200 years or less, based upon the Biblical genealogies from Joseph (who brought his own family into Egypt) to Aaron (who, with Moses, led the people out of Egypt).

The Israelites came down to Egypt during a time when a famine was raging in the Biblical Near East.  Egypt had stockpiled food during the seven years of plenty that had preceded the famine.  Joseph, one of the younger sons of the patriarch Jacob (who was also known as Israel) had predicted the years of plenty and the years of famine.  As a result, he had a high position in the court of the Pharaoh.  The Pharaoh welcomed Joseph's family and settled them in the delta region of Goshen, where they prospered.

For many generations, the Israelites enjoyed the protection of the Pharaohs, who valued their work as shepherds.  However, a Pharaoh eventually came to power who feared the Israelites.  According to the Book of Exodus, this Pharaoh tried to destroy the Israelite population by ordering all male Israelite infants to be killed at birth.  He also required the Israelites to work on large-scale building projects without pay and under terrible working conditions.  The Israelites saw themselves as slaves.

The book of Exodus tells us that God ordered Moses, a young Israelite man who had been raised in the palace of the Pharaoh as a son of Pharaoh's daughter, to lead the Israelites out of Egypt with the help of his brother Aaron. However, in order to do so, it was necessary for the Pharaoh to agree to the emigration of the Israelite population.  Moses said to Pharaoh, “Let my people go.”  To which Pharaoh replied, “No.”

A battle of wills ensued between the will of the God of the Israelites and the will of the Pharaoh, who was worshipped as a deity by the Egyptians.  Ten plagues were visited upon the Egyptians, the last of which was the death of the first born of each family.  God told the Israelites to slaughter a lamb as a paschal sacrifice and put the blood of the sacrifice on the doorposts of their homes so that the Angel of Death would pass over them on the night of the tenth plague.

After this night of terror, Pharaoh said that the Israelites could leave Egypt.  Fearful that the Pharaoh would change his mind (which he subsequently did), the Israelites left as quickly as possible.  Because of this, their bread did not have time to rise.

They fled and found themselves standing at the shore of the Red Sea with the Pharaoh's chariots close behind in pursuit.  God parted the sea for them, and they walked across on dry land.  When the chariots tried to follow, the iron wheels stuck in the soft sand, the waters closed over them, and they drowned.  Miriam, the sister of Moses and Aaron led the women in dancing and singing in praise to God, who had performed this miracle on their behalf.

God told the Israelites that they should celebrate their liberation from slavery in Egypt each year with a seven-day festival during which they should eat only unleavened bread.  Two days of this holiday were set aside as special days during which no work was to be done.  The first night of the holiday was to be special and was to include the eating of the Paschal sacrifice (of the lamb), bitter herbs, and unleavened bread, and the telling of the story of the Exodus from Egypt.

Since very ancient times, Jews all over the world have assembled with family and friends on the night of the 15th of Nisan to celebrate the redemption of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

   

The splitting of the Sea of Reeds was one of the most miraculous events in the history of our nation…All these supernatural occurrences demonstrated how G-d loves His people and altered the course of nature for them.

 

   
     

The Mishkan and Shabbat The 39 melachot/creative activities form the basis of prohibited work on Shabbat. 39 intricate miniatures surround the Sanctuary that was the physical presence for G-dliness on earth.

Ten Commandments
The Ten Commandments, given at Mt. Sinai, cemented the Jewish nation's relationship with G-d. This cataclysmic event in Jewish history shaped the destiny of the world for eternity.
 

 

   


 

 
       

 

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