Saturday, October 20, 2007

Bulgarian Coin

coin-bulgaria Jewish star
Star of David on a silver coin from 2000 celebrating 60 th anniversary of the rescue of Jewish people in Bulgaria.

Tanger a Arzila

tanger-1895-solomon-sealThese stamps were issued in 1895-8 in Tanger, Morocco. I heard a rumor that King of Morocco at that time wanted to marry the daughter of the head of the Jewish community and that’s why the Star of David appears on coins and stamps from that period on, but usually Moroccan six-pointed stars are Muslim Solomon Seals. Picture is courtesy of Dr. Claude Wainstain from France.

Ofira Oriel, Rose Mandala

Magen-David-rose-mandala Israeli artPhoto of Magen David rose mandala is courtesy of my friend mandala painter Ofira Oriel
Size: 40X40 cm
Mixed technique on canvas
It looks to me as if it was made from colored sand and I found it hard to stop looking at it
Copyright: Ofira Oriel 2007

Friday, October 19, 2007

Independence Day Stamps Arrived

Stamp-sheet-star-david
Yesterday I got this stamps sheet from the Israeli Postal Authority. The stamps were designed, according to my idea, by my favorite graphic artist Jennie Gottschalk who lives in New Zealand. In each stamp you see Magen David and baloons made not from lines but from the letters of the Israeli national anthem. There are only 24 of these stamps in the world and if there will be a demand for them their price will go up and up :)

Crusaders’ Coins Minted in Acre

In Yaakov Meshorer's Hebrew-language book, The Third Side of the Coin, Yad Ben Tzvi, 2004 p. 87 I saw two important photos of hexagrams on crusaders’ coins minted in Akko (Acre) in the 13th century. This is the first proof I stumbled upon to the connection between crusaders’ and this emblem. I started suspecting this connection after I saw photos of crusaders’cross within a hexagram on the arch of the ceiling of Saint Mary's in

Lalibela, Ehhiopia, from the 12th century and on the ceiling of the Old Templar church of Garway, Wales.


Alexi Yimtzov, Seven and Eight

Kabalistic-art-Magen-DavidPhoto is courtesy of painter Alexi Yimtzov
Title: Seven and Eight
Size:100/80 cm
Technique :oil on canvas
From the beginning of times the world was divided into eight parts, seven of them corrected themselves. Now we are at the eighth part, which is the hardest and darkest.
Until the correction will happen the light won't come out.

About the artist:
Alexi was born in 1968 in Georgia and came to Israel at the age of 12. He was addicted to heroin for 22 years and has been clean for 5 years. From this clean feeling he creates and makes Kabalistic art.
Pay attention to the Star of David on the center of the top right circles.

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Hotel de ville de Saint Quentin

Postage Stamp Hotel Star of David Photo of Star of David windows under the clock tower of Hotel de Ville de Saint Quentin, northern France, is courtesy of stamps collector Zerach from Collect Stamps Forum . Built in 1509 in a Gothic style; named after Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred in the third century.