Tarot Swords Hexagram

Picture of a Hexagram made from swords on a Tarot card was found for me by Tali Rabinovich from Tasha Gift Shop on 42 Frishman Tel Aviv Phone: 972-50-6565552 

Moloch

There are many writers on the WWW who claim that the Star of David is the star of Moloch, the idol mentioned in the Bible. E.g. Jim Searcy claims that

Moloch, Chiun and Remphan are all names for the star god, Saturn, whose symbol is a six-pointed star formed by two triangles. Saturn was the supreme god of the Chaldeans. The hexagram was brought to the Jewish people by Solomon when he turned to witchcraft and idolatry after his marriage to Pharaoh's daughter in 922B.C.

As far as I know there is no archaeological proof for these claims. In fact In Hebrew the six-pointed star is called Magen David which means: Shield of David. Judaism does not make any connection between the Israeli national emblem and stars. Star of David is the name of the hexagram in Non-Jewish cultures.
It seems to me that Non-Jews connect this shape to star worship (condemned in the Bible) only because they know it by its Non-Jewish name.

White on White

White Glass Star of David in Maayan Feigin's Trio Vetro workshop. Phone: 972-52-232-99-33. It all began with an idea to illustrate the six-pointed star with the verse in Psalms 18:3 where King David prays to the Lord, using the word "shield" thus creating as a by- product the coin "Shield of David".

Maayan Feigin Glass Star of David in Mould

Color Glass Stars of David in mould in Tel Aviv, Israel, Trio Vetro workshop. Phone: 972-52-232-99-33. Made by Maayan Feigin according to my instructions. 
Each Glass Star is unique, hand made, 12 cm long, 2 cm thick. A few Stars bear the Hebrew words from Psalms 18:3: "The Lord is my rock... my Shield, my salvation"...

Dror Auslander in Yavne Gallery

Picture is courtesy of artist Dror Auslander whom I met
in the opening of the Star of David Exhibition in Yavne Gallery on the 23 March 2007. I published each of his six "Lool" works separately on this blog but I felt that readers would be interested to see how these works were exhibited...

Yaniv Shapira Menorah

Picture is courtesy of Yaniv Shapira who made this work under the influence of Uri Ofir's research about the Jewish origin of the Star of David from the Menorah in the Tabernacle, where the candleholders had the shape of the Star of David. The shadows of these stars are also in the shape of our national emblem, with -and even without- lighted candles. The body of this original menorah looks to me like a shofar (ram's horn) and this effect doubles the Jewishness of this whole masterpiece. The work is one of about 30 items presented now in the Star of David Exhibition in Yavne Gallery, which was opened on 23 March 2007. Curator is Roni Reuven.

Yaniv Shapira Chuppah

Picture is courtesy of Yaniv Shapira who made this chuppah (wedding canopy) and shows it now in the Star of David Exhibition in Yavne Gallery, which opened on the 23 March 2007. Yaniv Shapira told me that he hires this Chuppah for weddings all over Israel. He himself married his wife under this chuppah. I hope that couples that make their weddings abroad will also have the opportunity to marry under this original chuppah.