THE ILLUMINATED SHLEP
– Halakhah as a Fountainous Way
  
I chose to weave this small series on the major, defining, and divisive topic of Jewish law in vibrant purple and golden orange – contrasting colors on the color chart. Both yarns are infused with blue, and so is the pink in the tapestries. Thus blue symbolizes the color that unifies (most of) us despite our divisions.
 
How special is the word chosen for a legal system, halakhah does not mean ‘law,’ but rather, ‘the way to walk. Orage seems to be the perfect color for something that is defining but not constant. The laws might be both restricting and liberating.    
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- 4 tapestries (series completed).
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