This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Gold Star of David Copyright: "Sarah Feingold and Feingold Jewelry 2006" This unique and contempoary Jewish star pendant took me over 3 years to design, and I think the time I spent on it was worth every minute. The pendant is around 7/8 inches (2.2 cm) long and weighs around 2.75 grams each.
Star of David on a painted window and in it Jacob's Blessing to Reuben at Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Tomb in Tyberias. The Hebrew letters are from Gen 49:3:Reuben, thou [art] my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength.
A Star of David on a painted window and in it Jacob's Blessing to Benjamin at Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Tomb in Tyberias. The Hebrew letters are from Gen 49:27: "Benjamin shall ravin [as] a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil."
A Star of David on a painted window and in it Jacob's Blessing to Joseph. It is at Rabbi Meir Baal Haness Tomb in Tyberias. The Hebrew letters are from Gen 49:22: Joseph [is] a fruitful bough, [even] a fruitful bough by a well; [whose] branches run over the wall.
Ceiling in the shape of a Star of David covers the Synagogue-Tent in Moshe Genish's place in the Galilee, Israel. No doubt the quality of prayers in such a unique place must be different than in any conventional Synagogue. It reminds me of the theory that the Tabernacle's roof, that was built right after the Exodus, was in the shape of a Star of David.
Star of David is one of the many designs made by Aaron Nave in his exclusive Garden of designed trees in Kibbutz Revivim in Israel. Some people claim that they don't like the idea of man intervening in nature so bluntly, but for me this is another manifestation of the importance people attribute to our national emblem. BTW the tree feels great...
