Kotel: Pearly Sky

2002 – 2003

“..Imagine reaching out and touching the stone. Feel its contours and roughly hewn edges. Listen to the birds who have built their nests in its cracks. Hear them coo as you run your hand along the cold stone in silent awe..”

Dov Peretz Elkins

The Kotel, the Western Wall, is a section of the western supporting wall of the Temple Mount which has remained intact since the destruction of the Second Temple (70 C.E.). It became the most hallowed spot in Jewish religious and national consciousness and tradition by virtue of its proximity to the Western Wall, of the Holy of Holies in the Temple, from which, according to numerous sources, the Divine Presence never departed. It became a center for mourning over the destruction of the Temple and Israel's exile, on the one hand, and of religiousF;national communion with the memory of Israel's former glory and the hope for its restoration, on the other.

original height

31 cm.  12.2 in.

original width

22.5 cm.  8.86 in.

original media

Oil on Board

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