Pomegranates are eaten on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, which celebrates the Creation, the birth of the world. A wedding at the time of Creation, symbolising the eternal and spiritual bond of the Jewish bride and Groom. The couple are lifted up above the wedding guests who are joyfully singing and dancing inside the pomegranates, which are a symbol of fertility.
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Chana Helen is a British-born Israeli artist with an art degree from Maidstone, U.K., who is now living in Be'er Sheva.
She enjoys painting contemporary Jewish life viewed mainly through the festivals, using movement and color to express different moods, but also likes to paint Biblical themes.
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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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Chana Helen is a British-born Israeli artist with an art degree from Maidstone, U.K., who is now living in Be'er Sheva.
She enjoys painting contemporary Jewish life viewed mainly through the festivals, using movement and color to express different moods, but also likes to paint Biblical themes.
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