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Beyond the PaRDeS Wall The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco is the home of the Pardes wall. Designed by the museum’s architect Liebskind, the

Hand-scribed ink on sheepskin parchment attached to wood rollers, the Torah scrolls are testaments to the centuries of Jewish life reaching back to the agricultural

[This post is an AI readout of Heller Stern and Allen’s approaches – Notebook NLM] A series of Jewish Literacy and wellness programs drawing on

Visually, what do we learn from the Talmud Page ? Where the Torah itself and its unchanging text reflect the ancient agricultural milieu, the transition

A Mashal (Hebrew: משל) is a short parable with a moral lesson or religious allegory, called a Nimshal (Wikipedia) In Visual Midrash, the image is

Traditional Methods of Interpretation: Peshat – Simple restatement of the obvious elements Remez – Hints – References to similar elements Drash – Stories that expand on the elements

Visual versions

Problem Analysis Methods                                                    a. Jonah who was an articulate, convincing and effective public speaker-spokesman for a cause but did not like people or appreciate