Picture of Stars of David and Menorah on a bookplate by Ismael Smith is courtesy of bookplates collector Bob Weinberg (Bookplatebob@aol.com).Ismael Smith was born in Barcelona in 1886 and died in New York in 1972. He was a sculptor, a sketcher, a decorator, a ceramist, a jeweler.
A bookplate (ex-librīs, "from the books of"] is a decorative label to indicate the owner of a book.
"This one was requested / inspired by Zeev [That’s me, zeevveez].
The shape of the Star of David alludes to the seventh day, the day of rest and *ultimately* redemption. The pictures in each part of the clock depict one day of creation according to the Genesis account".
According to my calculations (correct me if I'm wrong) we are presently at 17:47 in the afternoon on Friday. Shabbat begins Friday evening which was last Friday on 18:59 in Jerusalem, 19:21 in Telaviv and 19:13 in Haifa.
Since Balaam's prophecy the Star of David was always connected to Messianic expectations.
Picture of Star of David walls around Jerusalem is courtesy of illustrator and artist Sabina Saad who made it as an illustration for Uri Zvi Greenberg’s poem:tonight they are shooting at your gates, Jerusalem.
Picture of Star of David in the stained glass window of the dining room in Chavat Hanoar Hazioni school in Jerusalem is courtesy of artist Ronen Kimel. This Star of David is actually the logo of this school, which was founded in 1949 and focused on teaching young Holocaust survivers. Now it is focused on teaching young new immigrants.
Picture of a stained glass green Star of David in row of stained glass Chakras is courtesy of Ronen Kimel.
