https://www.hebrewart.com/artwork daily 1.0 2026-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1715515106957-QQ0W9ZRXQDRPBB5C8U40/Hebrew-Illuminations-Hardcover-Book.jpg Artwork - Illuminations: Uncovering Beauty Through Wisdom and Coloring Available for $6.99 on Amazon.com Introducing a collection of 20 enchanting secular mandalas paired with serene meditations, offering a space for unwinding, creativity, and mindfulness. Practice tranquility and self-expression with these intricate designs and accompanying reflections. Inside includes: 20 distinct mandalas and patterns 20 meditations Single-sided coloring page printing ensures that every design has its own dedicated page, allowing you to fully immerse yourself in the coloring experience without worrying about bleed-through. Engaging in this mindful coloring activity promotes relaxation and cultivates a sense of inner peace. An ideal gift for various occasions such as birthdays, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, holidays, baby showers, and beyond, providing a thoughtful and heartfelt present for your loved ones. Perfect for those seeking solace in captivating designs By investing in this book, you're not just acquiring a coloring book but also supporting the craftsmanship of fellow human artists. Relax into the joy of coloring and contemplation with this exquisite collection aimed towards inner harmony and self-discovery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1762945014540-2NI4FZ93VUI0SC4DULA9/image-asset.jpeg Artwork - Gavishi Chai II "Bless our G-d, O peoples, and make heard the sound of His praise; He who set our soul in life and did not allow our foot to falter. For You examined us, O G-d, You refined us as if refining silver." Tehillim/Psalm 66:8-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/0b7dc1fa-e851-41d0-adc4-2b343b95606e/714Wc4SU7WL._SL1400_.jpg Artwork https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1772110307729-523QNI67HKNXUUADLTX8/11.jpg Artwork - Aish HaTorah - The Fire of the Torah "It is one of the most inspirational Talmudic stories, related in Avos D'Rebbe Nosson. Rabbi Akiva was a shepherd, a laborer, an am ha’aretz – religious in observance, but ignorant of Torah knowledge. At age 40, he didn’t even know how to read the aleph-beis. One day, while sitting by a brook, Akiva noticed a steady trickle of water hitting a rock. It was only a drip, but it was constant – drop after drop after drop. Akiva observed something incredible: A hole had been carved out by that steady drip of water. He wondered how that could be. He concluded: If something as soft as water can carve a hole in solid rock, how much more so can words of Torah – which is compared to fire – make an indelible impression on my heart." Avot d'Rav Natan 6 (Text found on Aish.com. From the Artscroll book "Like Water on a Rock.") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1765974676771-1MFGV4EHJSLAE0WNCCPO/image-asset.jpeg Artwork - Illumination Theory - Gimel in Color This one is still in-the-works. Email me at adam@hebrewart.com to let me know what you think. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1774867746293-E1AN8B53WYIO5SK8CDTI/image-asset.jpeg Artwork - Parting of the Waters “Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord moved the sea with a strong east wind all the night, and He turned the sea to damp land and the water split. The Children of Israel came within the sea on dry land; and the water was a wall for them, on their right and on their left.” Shemot/Exodus, 14:21-22 Of all the miracles chronicled in the Torah, the one that is perhaps most dramatic is the Parting of the Waters at the Sea of Reeds. With the Egyptian army swiftly descending on the newly freed nation of Israel, G-d, through his servant Moses, parts the water and allows over a million people to cross safely on dry land. This painting is an abstract representation of the magnificence of the event. Blue waves are parted by a Magen David of orange flames, flames that recall the angel that lit the way for the Jews in the desert. Text by Louise Temple from the book "Hebrew Illuminations" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1776855493651-3PAV47F2A4ISRDNZHH7T/77.jpg Artwork - Israel! Israel! “Our Father in heaven, rock and redeemer of Israel, bless the State of Israel, the first manifestation of the approach of our redemption. Shield it with Your lovingkindness, envelop it in Your peace...” Prayer for the State of Israel This is my first painting to celebrate the reclaiming of the Promised Land by the Jewish people after almost 2,000 years in exile. The promise is that the Beit HaMikdash (Holy Temple) will be rebuilt in our time, and the Moshiach (Messiah) will dwell among us. I have used stone texture inspired by the Western Wall, the last remnant of the second Temple, and allowed its texture to recede into the distant center of the composition. Stripes of Israeli flowers cross to create yet another Magen David shape, with the Hebrew word for "Israel" on either side of the new star. The tips of the Magen David are broken off and floating in separate directions. They represent the Jewish diaspora, the breaking up and scattering of Jews in exile all over the world. These members of the twelve tribes, the “Shevatim,” will once again return to Israel and reunite in the land promised to the children of Abraham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1677760784602-F0LMTAWNUYIEO6DQJI5Q/image-asset.jpeg Artwork - Illuminated Psalm 5:2-5 "Hear my words, my Creator, perceive my thoughts. Listen to the sound of my outcry, my King and my God, for to You alone do I pray. My Creator, at dawn hear my voice, at dawn as I arrange my prayer before You, and wait expectantly..." Tehillim/Psalm 5:2-5 Through these verses we learn that the Creator hears our words and perceives our thoughts. How awesome this is to contemplate! Here, we can take comfort in the fact that we are never alone. We all long to be known for who we truly are – and to be heard. When we strive to cultivate faith in this essential connection to our Creator we strengthen the foundation of all our relationships. King David waits to be enlightened, through prayer, by crying out to the Supreme One – the One Who knows him best - all that is in his heart. This is how he starts his day, by laying out, arranging his innermost being to the One Who created him with all these strengths, weaknesses and struggles. He asks for help and he expects to be answered. Take the time each morning to “arrange” your prayer and to prepare for this day that brings with it a new quality of light and hope. Find a few moments of silence, slow down and center in your breath. In this sanctuary of your being you will feel the Sovereign Presence. Speak to G-d in your own words about all and everything. Imagine the best possible outcome for all you expect to encounter this day, trusting that you are in creative partnership, knowing that you are not alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1705322764481-OAJUE5YPYRCO6ZRR6B2M/49.jpg Artwork - Neshama - Divine Soul Level 3 The nature of the divine soul is to yearn for closer and closer union with G-d. The individual connected to the neshama level of the soul will never be satisfied by the pleasures and desires of this world, because s/he aspires to transcendent union. The neshama level of the divine soul is connected to the intellect in the realm of conceptual understanding. It is the source of individual identity seeking to comprehend the manifestation of divine energy in the created world and is realized through religious and mystical discipline. It contemplates the coming-into-being of life and existence from nothingness. It is the breath of life – neshama derives from the word neshimah which means “breath” – as conscious presence in, and attunement to, each breath connecting to the Source of all Being. At this level of increasing spiritual light, love is revealed through intellectual comprehension of the divine, filling the heart with the desire for godliness and communion with G-d as Creator of the worlds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1739966529804-4B6XIOCZPIKSCNWPBTCM/Ezekiel.jpg Artwork - Yechzekial - Ezekiel “He said to me ‘Prophecy over these bones! Say to them “O dry bones, hear the words of the Lord! Thus said the Lord G-d to these bones: Behold, I bring a spirit into you, and you will come to live. I will put sinews upon you, I will bring up flesh upon you, and I will coat you with skin; then I will put a spirit into you and you will come to life; then you will know that I am the Lord.’” Yechzekial/Ezekiel 31:4-6 Though Yechzekial lived in a time after the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash (Holy Temple) and the exile into Babylonian slavery, he is considered a prophet of hope. His prophecies promise a time when the Lord would rescue the Children of Israel from the other nations and return them to the Promised Land. His most well-known prophecy is that of the “Dry Bones” that rise and become whole again, a metaphor for the exiles of Israel who would be reborn into a new nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1778667163403-6QXYGSMFRR3EVDT2ACQF/image-asset.jpeg Artwork - Chalom Tav “May my mouth speak praises of The LORD, and may all flesh bless the Name of the Holy One forever and ever. We will bless G-d now and forever, Halleluyah!” Tehillim/Psalm 145:21 In this final verse of Ashrei, King David, speaks of praise, tehillat, the plural form – tehillim – being a name given to the Book of Psalms. David sang The LORD’s praises even when battling great forces, in himself and the world around him. How can we emulate this? The last letter, or seal, of the word emet, “truth” is the letter tav which is the culmination of all the twenty-two letters, or forces, active in creation. We learn that The LORD’s seal in creation is Truth. This is spelled out by the final letters of the last words in the account of Creation – bara elokim la’asot – meaning, “G-d created to do”, alef-mem-tet spells emet. These are also the beginning, middle and end letters of the alef-beit. The culmination of truth, when all is said and done, is simple faith, and this is the secret of the letter tav, and to King David’s ability to remain in a constant state of praise. The form of the tav is composed of a daled joined to a nun, resembling a stamp or seal. Fittingly, tav begins the word Torah, the Five Books of Moses that reveal the light of G-d’s wisdom, Talmud, the 63 volumes of the Oral Law given on Mt. Sinai with the written law, and the word for prayer, tefilla. 400 years of exile in Egypt; 400 pieces of silver with which Abraham purchased the cave of Machpelah to bury Sarah; the dimensions of the Land of Israel are 400 parsah by 400 parsah. As we experience the cycles of life, may we recognize with simple faith, that the beginning, middle and end of all things bears the seal of Truth. In believing in the underlying Perfection of all things we will be given the strength to “bless G-d now and forever, Halleluyah!" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1769601440768-C0IAAMYHOP3P8JKJL7CP/12.jpg Artwork - Shlomo HaMelech - King Solomon - Torah Shield At Gibeon The LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night; and G-d said, “Ask, what shall I grant you?” Solomon said, “You dealt most graciously with Your servant my father David, because he walked before You in faithfulness and righteousness and in integrity of heart. You have continued this great kindness to him by giving him a son to occupy his throne, as is now the case. Grant, then, Your servant an understanding mind to judge Your people, to distinguish between good and bad; for who can judge this vast people of Yours?” Malachim Aleph/I Kings 3:5-6, 9 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1779103575263-2NTEWW8G52OIRB94G9NB/Keep-Your-Heart.jpg Artwork - Keep Your Heart Keep your heart alight Radiating in your chest Beats strong as thunder. They can steal your treasure But not your spirit or soul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1739540415996-WX3QUFTUVKYR27Z5N4LE/Ani-L-Dodi_Tall.jpg Artwork - Ani L'Dodi, v'Dodi Li - I am My Beloved's, and My Beloved is Mine “I am My Beloved’s, and My Beloved is Mine” Shir HaShirim/Song of Songs 6:3 “Ani L'Dodi...” is the most well known sentence from Shir HaShirim, the “Song of Songs” written by Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon). This book of the Megillah is written as a beautiful, romantic declaration between a wife and husband, as well as being an allegory of the eternal love between the people of Israel and G-d. Text by Louise Temple from the book "Hebrew Illuminations" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1779358438760-6WA40WLGPHFZS0WXU0SE/Shavuot_2019.jpg Artwork - Shavuot - The Festival of Weeks “On the day of the first fruits, you will bring a meal-offering to the Lord on the Festival of Weeks, and there shall be a holy convocation for you.” Devarim/Deuteronomy 16:9 The Feast of Weeks celebrates the season of the harvest in Israel. Falling exactly seven weeks after Passover, the Torah declares Shavuot (“weeks”) the end of the harvest, and the time when the first fruits of the land were brought to Jerusalem as a thanksgiving for the Lord. More importantly, it marks the day the Ten Commandments were given to the Jewish people at Mt. Sinai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1779446480319-RJBUW57V5AQ0VN575ZP0/Planner-001.jpg Artwork - Shabbat Shalom & Happy Shavuot Shavuot is the Festival of Weeks (Pentecost in Greek) which is 50 days after Passover and also celebrates Matan Torah, the giving of The Law at Mount Sinai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1779621298608-K953B8K75L6UZTUP07PP/Painting-Chai.jpg Artwork - On a Mocha Morning Just sippin and sketchin away ☕️☕️☕️ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1779792389474-JDLROSN0OY037SLR7L72/image-asset.jpeg Artwork - Illuminated Shin “The LORD protects all who love Him, but all the wicked He will destroy.”Tehillim/Psalm 145:20 The shin begins the Hebrew word shomer in this verse, which means “to guard”, in the sense of safeguarding and protecting. The shin itself is a protection. It is written on every mazuza, the prayer scroll that is affixed to every entrance way, and on the phylacteries that are bound on the arm and placed on the forehead of the Jewish male in prayer. The shin is the symbol for G-d’s Name Shaddai, spelled shin-daled-yud, the attribute of the Holy One representing the concept of “enough” – guarding delimitations and boundaries. In a sense, it represents the gateway between the physical and spiritual worlds, the former being limited by necessity or we would have no form, and the latter being limitless and infinite. As we enter our doorways and see the mazuza, we are conscious of the Owner of this house, and by extension this world, and the One Who protects and guards us. The form of the shin is three vavs rising like flames from a single base point. The flame is a symbol of love, as expressed in the above verse. The light of the Torah is seen as fire. In the candle flame we see three levels of light: the “dark” light around the wick, the white flame surrounding it, and the aura of the flame itself. There are three essential manifestations of love as taught by the Chassidic master, the Ba’al Shem Tov: the dark light corresponds to the love of Israel, that is, souls in physical bodies; the white light to love of Torah, and the aura to love of G-d. We can see the flickering flames of the shin as representing the mutability of all things, rising from an eternal, invariant Source. These flames evoke the three patriarchs, Abraham, Issac, and Jacob who tower, for all generations, in spirit, character, and courage, never abandoning their foundation in G-d. 300 foxes were sent to burn the fields of the Philistines; the five letters of G-d’s Name, Elokim, when spelled in full, equal 300; there were 3,000 parables of King Solomon. We experience the shin in “peace”, shalom, when we have complete faith that our well-being is watched over, and that we are truly loved by the One who gave us life. https://www.hebrewart.com/about-the-artist daily 0.75 2026-01-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/1613141212378-1GV2NXHXWYOLLG3N1VE0/Thanksgiving-in-the-Studio.jpg About the Artist Adam Rhine, Artist https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5eb555e188855034385cee94/dffcedac-a983-4a8d-96bf-a61708aba744/Studio-Selfie_032323.jpg About the Artist In the studio with the “Majestic Mandala” on the drawing board. https://www.hebrewart.com/contact daily 0.75 2024-07-16