Kruvim/Cherubs: Orange

2002 – 2003

“...And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits..And the other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub..And he set the cherubim within the inner house; and the wings of the cherubim were stretched forth, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house ..”

The Book of Kings I 6: 26–27

In this elucidation of the winged celestial beings Yoram Raanan portrays the Cherubim guarding the entrance to the Holy Temple. The vessels of the Temple, including the candelabrum (the seven-branched menorah of the holy Temple), are painted below their outstretched wings. Swatches of orange are used to portray the Cherubim. According to the Kabbalah Orange represents both Projected and assertive energy, the type of energy that was needed by the Cherubim in protecting the holy vessels of the Temple

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