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"G-d, Please Heal Her, Please."

In the Book of Numbers ( Bamidbar ), Moses beseeches G-d to heal his sister Miriam from Tza'arat. Miriam had rebelled against G-d's decision and He punished her with a skin disease.

With just five words comprised of eleven letters, we can sense the urgency in Moses' request.
Pleas for wellness and recovery draw us into prayer more often than our need to offer up gratitude or praise to G-d. The urgency and crisis of illness makes our prayers authentic. Thousands of years later, we still offer up these ancient words in times of need.

The symbolism in this painting is centered around numbers.
Five words remind us of the five books of Torah. Five circles wend their way upwards, following the path our prayers should take to G-d. There are also five flame-like strokes, reminiscent of the burning bush.
The eleventh letter of the alphabet is kaf. The design emanates from the short kaf centered at the bottom of the canvas. Its sta...

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED marleneburns©2022 NFT ART: https://nftmb.art Marlene offers an exciting, experimental and exceptional body of work, playing with color, edgy design and mixed media to produce art that befits the process. In her series of Urban Abstracts, she 'paints' with pieces of her abstract photographs taken in the city. The newest series, examines Hebrew prayers and words.