B'Nai Mitzvah Blessing by Gad Almaliah
$200.00
Size: 17.5″ x 17″.5″ (approx) Custom Framed
Superior Hebrew and English calligraphy are woven together and adorn a hand embossed metal illustration. Available with 3 different metal illustrations.
This beautiful text is as meaningful today as it was over 2000 years ago when it was first written. Wonderful gift for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, graduate, rabbi, teacher.
“May you live to see your world fulfilled, may you be our link to future worlds, and may your hope encompass all the generations yet to be. May your heart conceive with understanding, may your mouth speak wisdom, and your tongue be stirred with sounds of joy. May your gaze be straight and sure, your eyes be lit with Torah’s lamp, your face aglow with heaven’s radiance, your lips expressing words of knowledge and your inner self alive with righteousness. And may you alsway rush in eagerness to hear the words of One more ancient than all time.” Talmud, Brachot 17a
- About the Artist:
- About the Metal:
- About the Illustrations:
Gad Almaliah z’l was born and raised in Jerusalem. He graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem and studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
The Mexican government sponsored Gad for two years to work with local artists at the University of Mexico. He was president of the Graphic Designers’ Association of Israel for 15 years.
In addition to designing stamps for the postal services of Israel, the United States and Mexico, Gad designed numerous posters and published several books on design. He designed coins and medals for the Israeli Government and created the emblem for the Six Day War.
He taught design on the university level in Israel and Canada in addition to serving on the faculties of School of Visual Arts and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.
Gad passed away in January of 2007. His wife, Joan Almaliah, continues to produce his Judaica designs, including embossed metal ketubot at The Design Lab in Boston, Massachusetts.
Each metal illustration is embossed, polished and cut by hand, thus making each print a one-of-a-kind piece of art. Creases and imperfections are the nature of the hand made process and contribute to the folkcraft spirit of each print.
the illustrations of the Torah reader and the woman blessing the candles has the names of the Torah portions written on the sides
