Bereshit | Genesis Paintings: 8 | Letting Go

Blurry abstract image with blue and green hues blending softly across the frame.

  “Then he (Eish/figure) said: Let me go, for dawn has come up!  But he (Jacob) said: “I will not let you go unless you bless me. “ (Fox) —Va-Yishlach  […]

Odesa, 1983

Plate of chocolate madeleines on a table with vintage photos, books, flowers, and dark chocolate pieces.

“May there never again be war.  Wasn’t war  lifetimes ago? Who wants war?” 

Borscht Season

A bowl of borscht soup with sour cream and herbs, served with a spoon on a checkered tablecloth.

“This is when / enormous red warmths / reply to November wind. “

Hush

A chocolate bundt cake dusted with powdered sugar sits on a metal cooling rack.

“Soft layers of quiet are my dowry…”

Liberation from Grief

An older woman serves food to a man at a dining table set for a meal, both smiling.

A new ritual to bring the memory of a loved one who is no longer with us to the seder.

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