Kaddish Yatom...mourner
by Marlene Burns
Title
Kaddish Yatom...mourner
Artist
Marlene Burns
Medium
Painting - Painting
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CONTACT THE ARTIST ABOUT FINE ART GREETING CARD PURCHASES
KADDISH YATOM
�May His great Name grow exalted and sanctified in the world that He created as He willed. May He give reign to His Kingship in your lifetimes and in your days and in the lifetimes of the entire family of Israel, swiftly and soon. Now respond: Amen.
May His great name be blessed forever and ever.
Blessed, praised, glorified, exalted, extolled, mighty, upraised and lauded be the Name of the Holy One, Blessed is He.
May there be abundant peace from Heaven and life upon us and upon all of Israel. Now respond: Amen.
He who makes peace in the His heights, may He make peace upon us, upon all Israel and now respond: Amen.�
This image is an expression of the orphan�s prayer as said by mourners during the mourning period and on the anniversary of an immediate family member�s death. The prayer does not refer to our loved ones, but rather sanctifies God�s name and affirms life. Our sages had great wisdom to understand that at a time when our faith in God is shaky and we are surrounded by death, it would behoove us to repeat these ancient Aramaic words three times a day as a part of our healing process.
There are two words hidden in this image�.chai, meaning life, and the double yud name of God. The ladder refers to the Kabbalistic meditation of the seven words starting with the letter �vav.� As this prayer is said, the mourner envisions a ladder to heaven. With each vav word said, another rung is climbed, carrying the soul of our loved one straight to God.
The flowing lines upward show the path of the returning souls to God. As always, the metallic colors represent the heavenly realm and the red represents God, with the whole circles representing the souls as they journey back to the Holy One of Blessing.
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December 29th, 2009
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