It's Just a Pincushion

Picture is courtesy of ringwormone who published it on Flickr. It's just a pincushion but it makes me feel as if the pins are hurting me. In other words IMHO this symbol doesn't deserve this usage. Nevertheless it looks great, and the photo is super artistic, colorful and innocent...

Beyond the Star

Picture is courtesy of "spoedman" from Flickr who wrote to me

I'm afraid I can't tell you where exactly it was, except that it was in East Berlin, somewhere between the Vitra Design Museum and the Mauer Park. I saw it when walking that stretch, and was inspired by the graphical aspect, only to grasp the symbology and metarphorical part of it when I saw the picture

Gold Star of David

Gold Star of David Copyright: "Sarah Feingold and Feingold Jewelry 2006" 
Copied from Flickr 
Sarah  wrote to me:

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.

Jacob's Blessing to Reuben

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.

Jacob's Blessing to Benjamin

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."

Jacob's Blessing to Joseph

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.

Synagogue Tent Ceiling

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.