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Under the arches and through a narrow alley, down a winding old city street and up the steps of Jerusalem stone, you’ll find the Rackovsky home. It’s here that Shoshana finds the inspiration for her works of art, rich with Jewish tradition. In her works, the ideas come to
be, in color, gold leaf and detailed paper cuts, on parchment and textured cotton paper.
Her art captures the true and secret meanings of the tradition.
In her Ketubot, the document that binds two Jewish souls in marriage, the words are surrounded by images live with expression of joy and meaning.
The seven species of the Land of Israel, the Temple and Jerusalem,
as well as relevant scripture all come in to play.
The words themselves are the detailed work of a traditional scribe’s hand, skilled in the ancient art of Jewish scribing.
The woman’s prayer at the Shabbat candle lighting is filled with a light of warmth, depth and emotion. In the song for the woman of valor, the words are as if singing and dancing the praise of the Jewish woman and her ways.
These are works of love and meaning, with a dream at heart. Once, the Jewish bride and groom wore crowns, as king and queen, (see tractate Sota 9,14)
The groom’s of elegant clear stone, and the bride’s of gold, depicting the glorious Jerusalem, but with the fall of our land came the falling of these crowns. The dream is to return these Ituryn, majestic and joyous crowns,
to the Jewish wedding and thus to the Shechina, the Divine Presence. |
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