Fleur de Lis Tattoo

Aaron Aviv sent me his impressive Star of David & Fleur de Lis TATTOO and wrote the following:

I chose the Fleur de Lis for two reasons, first it is Navigators North on many old sea charts, and I wanted something other than an N above the Compass Rose but the second and main reason is that my first born son was born in New Orleans last year. New Orleans has adopted the Fleur de Lis as the symbol of the city and its people. So my navigators north is not only authentic, it also points to the place of my son's birth.

Copyright: Aaron Aviv 2009

The Fleur de Lis (Lilium Candidum, lily) has from above the exact shape of the Star of David. That's why in Jewish tradition it represents the six directions. However, why and how did it start representing the North, which is only one of the six directions? I think that it has to do with the THREE MAGI (also known as: Three Wise Men, Three Kings, or Kings from the east) who were guided to the house of Jesus in Beth-Lehem by a star (the pole-star?)

Star of David Made from Bricks

To build and to be built- I took this shot in July 2008

Building Israel - Photo by Zako-  sent to me today

all the rights are reserved to him

Christmas or Sukkah Decoration

My dear friend Dick Ben Dor brought me these Christian hexagrams as Christmas Decorations 

but they are good also for the Sukkah because of the 

Star of David

Bag Flag

An Israeli flag appears on a bag promoting the selling of dresses. I didn't see actually any doll walking in the street with this kind of gadget, but it seems that it won't be long till each Israeli patriot will have at least one of these bags (and then the Arabs will make bags with their own flags:)

Picture by Hayim Shtayer. Copyright Hayim Shtayer 2009  

Article About Stamps in a French Magazine

Dr Claude Wainstain, who lives in  Saint-Mandé France, just published (in French) in the "Echo de la Timbrologie" of May 2009 an article titled: Sous le signe de l’etoile [under the sign of the star] which includes dozens of examples of philatelic items that show a hexagram. 

Hexagram Lacing

See: 

http://www.fieggen.com/shoelace/hexagramlacing.htm

Thanks to Dan Felaman who referred us to this amazing idea. 

The Flag of the First Congress in Basel-2

Lena Harris died on Jan. 7, 1929 at the age of 72. She was the mother of Morris Harris, designer of the flag that hang in 1897 at the first Zionist Congress hall in Bazel, Switzerland. She sewed this flag. Morris & Lena Harris also made twelve smaller flags representing the twelve tribes.

Her tombstone is at the Independent Stamford Lodge Cemetery in Darien, Connecticut.

Copyright: caboose_rodeo  (from Flickr) 2009