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Renewing Shmita
by Idelle Hammond-Sass || This ritual object was conceived as an object to explore the creation of a personal Shmita ritual. In its current iteration…
The Shmita Prizes
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I HAD A GREAT TIME
by Maya Simkin || I HAD A GREAT TIME is a built space for a ritual suspension. After learning a text from Menachot 29b, where…
Shabbat Candlesticks
by Cassandra Clark || I made this artwork because I love handmade Judaica. It is ceramic painted with acrylic and finished with acrylic glaze. The…
Seven Strands for Seven Years
by Sara Phina || Havdalah is a weekly ritual. A havdalah candle must have at least two flames to form a torch. Shmita is the seventh year…
Shmitaware: Flatware for the Shmita Year and Beyond
by Shoshana Gugenheim Kedem Gugenhiem Kedem || Shmitaware is an interactive and utilitarian ritual artwork that centers food, farming and nourishment in a Jewish context,…
Toilet Ritual Altar
by Siera Hanks || This is a toilet ritual altar, in the Jewish culture I grew up in this is quite taboo. You do not…
Mappa
by Rachel Berger || Mappa is a tablecloth, ritually dyed with a pattern of wine stains. We find creative tension between the invitation to create…
Let Go, Let Be
by Jill Danenberg || This challah cover was created to honor Shabbat and the Shmita Year. Colorful boxes represent plots of land, lush green, floods…
The Giving Fields
by mil wexler kobrinski || The Havdala ceremony, ending the sabbath and separating the mundane days to a metaphysical time has always been intriguing to…
Shmita Horn(ucopia)
by Ryan Clapp || Shmita Horn Ritual אנו שמחים שהשנה מקרבת אותנו צעד אחד לקראת שנת השמיטה We rejoice that this year brings us one…
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