Pomegranate Jews

By Esther RosenJanuary 29, 2014

Artist’s Statement: Pomegranates are so pretty.
Every Jew is full of mitzvot like a pomegranate is filled with seeds.
Doesn't matter with which part of the Jewish community one identifies with or doesn’t identify with.
How learned or unlearned one is.
How affiliated or unaffiliated one considers themselves.
Every single Jew is full of mitzvot, just like a pomegranate is filled with seeds.

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Anonymous January 31, 2015

yay tochter Reply

Esther Rosen February 12, 2014

Good question! As far as I understand the verse in the Talmud is referring to Jews. The Torah does not differentiate between converts, religious and secular Jews (except for the mitzvot of extra sensitivity to a convert).

I found this on Chabad.org...
The pomegranate is not just a model for something that contains many particulars. It also addresses the paradox of how an individual may be empty and, at the same time, be full of good deeds as a pomegranate.

The pomegranate is a highly compartmentalized fruit: each of its hundreds of seeds is wrapped in its own sac of pulp and is separated from its fellows by a tough membrane. In the same way, it is possible for a person to do good deeds--many good deeds--yet they remain isolated acts, with little or no effect on his nature and character. He may possess many virtues, but they do not become him; he may be full of good deeds, yet he remains morally and spiritually hollow. Reply

Amichai Schneller St.Cloud MN February 12, 2014

even the empty ones... Is this referring to non-jews? converts? both? or secular jews??
even the empty ones are full of Mitzvot...
interesting.
(I love the artwork!!) Reply

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"The primary talent of an artist is his ability to step away from the externalities of the thing and, disregarding its outer form, gaze into its innerness and perceive its essence, and to be able to convey this in his painting.This is how an artist can serve his Creator." — The Rebbe

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