Berit Engen WEFT and D'RASH – A Thousand Jewish Tapestries

MY TAPESTRIES: 36 SERIES
- Anticipation
- Torah and Beyond (I-?)
  - Torah and Beyond (I)
  - Torah and Beyond (II)
  - Torah and Beyond (III)
- The Story of Joseph
- Book of Prophets (I-?) (5)
  - Book of Prophets (I)
  - Book of Prophets (II)
- And, Sheva N'viot
- Book of Psalms (I-?)
  - Book of Psalms (I)
  - Book of Psalms (IV)
  - Book of Psalms (V)
- THE Book of Misery
- The Five M'gillot (I-VI)
  - The Five M'gillot (I) (Song of Songs)
  - The Five M'gillot (II) (Ruth)
  - The Five M'gillot (III) (Lamentations)
  - The Five M'gillot (IV) (Ecclesiastes)
  - The Five M'gillot (V) (Esther)
  - The Five M'gillot (VI)
- My Flaxen Tanakh Map
- PaRDeS (I-?)
  - PaRDeS (I)
  - PaRDeS (III)
- Mitzrayim, B’er Sheva, Givat ha’Aralot
- Our Sacred Scrolls (I-III)
  - Our Sacred Scrolls (I)
  - Our Sacred Scrolls (II)
  - Our Sacred Scrolls (III)
- ________________________________
- The Talmud (I-?)
  - The Talmud (I)
- "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (I-?)
  - "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (I)
  - "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (II)
- The Mystical (I-?)
  - The Mystical (I)
  - The Mystical (II)
  - The Mystical (III)
  - The Mystical (IV)
  - The Mystical (V)
- ________________________________
- Our Prayerbook (I-?)
  - Our Prayerbook (I)
- The Most Beautiful Modim
- Kaddish in December
- uN'taneh Tokef
- Song of the Sea
- The Whimsical Haggadah (I-XIII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (I)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (II)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (III)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (IV)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (V)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VI)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VIII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (IX)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (X)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XI)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XIII)
- ________________________________
- The Illuminated Shlep
- Holy Days (I-?)
  - Holy Days (I)
  - Holy Days (II)
  - Holy Days (III)
  - Holy Days (IV)
  - Holy Days (V)
  - Holy Days (VI)
  - Holy Days (VII)
- Lost but Found (I-III)
  - Lost but Found (I)
  - Lost but Found (II)
  - Lost But Found (III)
- The Exile (I-?)
  - The Exile (I)
  - The Exile (II)
  - The Exile (III)
  - The Exile (IV)
  - The Exile (V)
  - The Exile (VI)
- Women of S'farad (I-?)
  - Women of S'farad (I)
  - Women of S'farad (II)
- Yiddishe Outpourings (I-?)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (I)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (II)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (III)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (IV)
  - Yiddishe Outpourings (V)
- The Shoah (I-II)
  - The Shoah (I)
  - The Shoah (II)
- The Land, ha'Aretz (I-?)
  - The Land (I)
- ________________________________
- Solomonic Wisdom at the Kitchen Table (I-?)
  - Solomonic Wisdom at the Kitchen Table (I)
- Mount Sinai on Route 43
- Isaiah in Manhattan
- New Psalms for an Old Book (I-?)
  - New Psalms for an Old Book (I)
  - New Psalms for an Old Book (II)
  - New Psalms For an Old Book (III)
- ________________________________
- Last, My Tapestry Genizah (I-?)
  - Last, My Tapestry Genizah (I)
- ________________________________
ABOUT MY PROJECT
MY STORY
MOUNTING AND FRAMING
TOOLS AND YARN
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PRESENTATION TOPICS
ZOOM, LOOK, LISTEN!
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CV
CONTACT
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THE JACC HAGGADAH

PaRDeS (I-?)
– In the Wilderness of the Orchard

PaRDeS is an acronym for four levels of understanding passages in Biblical texts. P’shat refers to the literal meaning, Remez, to the allegorical, D’rash to the interpretive, and Sod, to the mystical meaning.

Pardes is also a Persian word for a planted orchard or a walled garden. Yet I feel it inhabits the tension between what is planted and what grows wild, between careful intentions and accidental surprises. In the end, the manicured garden may have elements of both.