Christian White Lily

On a postage stamp titled Madonna of Luxemburg (1945) we see a frame made from hexagrams and white Lilies alternately surrounding Mary with Jesus on her bosom. The hexagram is called sometimes the Star of Mary. The white lily symbolizes purity and virginity. Researcher Uri Ofir discovered that there’s also a connection between the Jewish six-pointed star and the White Lily since the Star of David comes from the Lily (and the knob) of the Tabernacle candlestick. The picture is courtesy of Gideon from the Israeli Stamp collector’s Forum “collect”.

Synagogue Ceiling From Damascus

Large Star of David appears in the center of an endless Star-of-David-pattern at the ceiling of Beit Shalom, 20 Ahad Ha'am St., Jerusalem, Israel. Lawyer Shalom Horowitz has brought this decoration many years ago from a Synagogue in Damascus. Picture is courtesy of Mr. Isaac Faingold.

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Vets Logo

Star of David surrounding the shadows of a cat and a dog is the logo of the vets who supply vaccination and castration services with this vehicle. Picture is courtesy of MaxNathans from Flickr and I also thank Dobush from Kfat Aza who referred me to it.

Kosher for Passover Headstone

Dobush from Kfar Aza referred me to a an amazing story that Chaim Drizin published on

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/499137/jewish/Kosher-For-Passover.htm

about a Jew who passed away in Namibia and on his headstone were engraved above his name a Magen David and the Hebrew words for "Kosher for Passover."  

The Testament of Solomon the Zodiac and the Hexagram

Stamp with zodiac on its body and Stars of David on its tab is courtesy of Hayim Shtayer and I thank him for telling me about the connection between these symbols as it appears on this peculiar stamp. The same connection is hinted in The Testament of Solomon, which deals with King Solomon’s controlling demons with his ring (Solomon’s Seal), which latter became the name of the pentagram and of the hexagram.

From: http://www.esotericarchives.com/solomon/testamen.htm

F. C. Conybeare Published his translation to the pseudepigraphical work titled The Testament of Solomon (dated 1-3 C.E.) in the Jewish Quarterly Review, October 1898. The zodiac appears in a few places there, i.e.,

Chapter 10. And Solomon said to him: "Tell me, O demon, to what zodiacal sign thou art subject." And he answered: "To the Water-pourer

Chapter 73: Then the first one came forward, and said: "I am the first decans of the zodiacal circle, and I am called the ram, and with me are these two."

Rishon Le’zion Founders

David's Shield with the Hebrew word Zion in its center appears on a 100 years old poster of Rishon Le’zion Founders 

Copyright: Niza Wolfensohn 2008

Six Directions

Artist: Dvorit Ben Shaul, Jerusalem, Israel

Title:Psalms 18:3

Technique: colored pencil on paper

Concept: Usually we ask "what is the Star of David" but in Psalms 18:3 which was written by King David the Shield is a verb, not a noun, and it stands for the Lord. The concept was introduced by Ze'ev Barkan on his Star of David blog and his friend Dvorit Ben Shaul illustrated it there.

Translation (of the Hebrew words from Psalms 18:3): "The Lord is my rock... my Shield, my salvation"...

This is a picture of one of the works that will be exhibited in Maryland University, USA, in a few days (21-23 September 2008) on a continuation exhibition to the Maged David Album exhibition that I initiated a few months ago in the Journalists' House in Tel Aviv with Curator Amili Gelbman.

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Participants:

Amili Gelbman

Beigel Aviva

Hedva Zloter

Meir Salomon

Ehud Shcori

Sabina Saad

Nava Sidon

Amos Plaut (Germany)

Dr. Martin Kieselstein

Jacob Porat

Neomi Rotem

Dvorit Ben-Shaul

Inbal Kurts

Prof. Zemira Mevarch

Dick Ben-Dor

Orit Man-Or

Daniel Abecasise

Israela Engel

Lucy Elkivity

Anat Kohen Ahdut

Michal Ashkenasi

Miri Lavee

Anat kedem

Ruth Armoni

Tamar Frisch Helviz

Rachel Ben-Hur

Tami Alkon Lorberboim

Tami Suez

Dr. Tamar Recer