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Self Portrait
Self Portrait
2000

Reflected in my glasses is the flame of the twin-towers, as images of Satan beating and torturing victims running through the flames. The towers at the lower right of the piece are burning, and out of their smoke rise Rabbis. Words from the prayer Al Tirah are written throughout strategic sites on the map of Israel. Do not fear the sudden terror or the holocaust of the wicked when it comes. Plan a conspiracy and it will be annulled; speak your piece and it shall not stand, for G-d is with us. Even till your seniority, I remain unchanged; and even till your ripe old age, I shall endure, I created you and I shall bear you; I shall endure and rescue. On the western part of the piece are the words of the weekly prophet Ovadiah, as read in that weekly Haftorah, which describe the downfall of Edom, Asaf. The covering of gel medium for water is symbolic of the Torah, that will cover the Earth, as written in all the prophecies about the coming of Moshiach, the Messiah .It is my prayer of prayers to be the servant of Hashem and bring his mission of Peace to the universe. May my works inspire us to Daven with Kavanah (pray from the depths of our souls) so as to bring Moshiach Bimhayra Yameinu, bring the Messiah quickly in our days.