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Tag Archives: Liturgical Arts

13 Saturday Apr 2019

Posted by willmelnyk in Challah Covers, Handmade, Judaica, Will's Blog, woven music

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Challah Covers, Hatikva, Jewish, Judaica, Liturgical Arts

Three “Hatikva” Challah Covers have just come off my loom here at the Woven Judaica division of Ephods and Pomegranates.  They are about 16″ x 20″, handwoven from 100% cotton.

The price is $45.00 each,  in our Etsy Shop:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/684668718/hatikva-challah-cover?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1

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“Hatikva” which means “The Hope,” was the song of the early Zionist movement, and is now the national anthem of Israel.  The design of the Challah Cover is “woven music” – the bands represent the first 8 measures of “Hatikva.”  The different colors are different notes, and the width of the bands is the length of the note.  This is an artistic rendition, so there are no lines separating notes or measures but you can see how it works here:

Hatikva Challah Cover

The words that go along with it are:

As long as the Jewish spirit is yearning deep in the heart . . .

Kol ode balevav P’nimah – Nefesh Yehudi homiyah . . .

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Colors of Eretz Israel

03 Sunday Feb 2019

Posted by willmelnyk in Community, Judaica, Weaving Classes, Will's Blog, woven tapestry

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“Machanooga” is the Jewish Sunday School School in Chattanooga, presently located at my Temple, Mizah Congregation.  This January/February Glyn and I have been teaching 6 of the students to weave, on rigid heddle looms.  The Project, “Colors of Eretz Israel,” has a square woven by each student, representing Israel wildflowers.

Eretz Colors

The squares woven by the students (4th and 5th grade) are, clockwise from top left:  Anemone, Bryony, Cornflower, Cyclamen, Aloe, and Mandrake.  They were woven on Kromnski Harp rigid heddle looms.  The center panel is a field of Galilee wildflowers, woven by Glyn om here Schacht 8-shaft loom.  The blue strip is the River Jordan, woven by Will on his Schacht 4-shaft loom.  Next Sunday the kids will help put on the finishing touches, and present the tapestry as a gift to Machanooga!  You can see more pictures on our Facebook page, here: https://www.facebook.com/Ephods-Pomegranates-134191704087456/

 

 

Woven Tapestry Wall Hanging

31 Thursday Jan 2019

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I just finished this one-of-a-kind woven tapestry wall hanging, depicting the Jewish Holidays of Purim, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Shabbat, Sukkot, and Chanukkah.  It’s 29″ x 9′, woven from mercerized cotton in an overshot pattern.  It’s going as a gift to my Temple, Mizpah Congregation in Chattanooga.

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Right to Left:

Purim – purple for Queen Esther
Passover – red for Lamb’s Blood
Rosh Hashanah – gold for Honey
Yom Kippur – white for Forgiveness
Shabbat – blue for Peace
Sukkot – green for Harvest
Chanukkah – orange for Candle Flames

Purim Challah Covers

17 Thursday Jan 2019

Posted by willmelnyk in Challah Covers, Judaica, Liturgical and Prayer, Will's Blog

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A few Purim Challah Covers are now available in our Etsy Shop.
See the Link to Etsy at the Left.

purim challah cover

“Mizpah” Tallit

26 Sunday Aug 2018

Posted by willmelnyk in Handmade, Judaica, Liturgical and Prayer, Shawls, Tallits, Will's Blog

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Jewish, Judaica, Liturgical Arts, Tallit, Tallitot, weaving

I have just finished two copies of my “Mizpah” Tallit, inspired by the Mizpah Covenant between Jacob and Laban in  Genesis 31:49, popularized as a romantic pledge between two people – “The LORD watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another.”

The colors represent the map of the hill country of Gilead and the Jabbok River valley where the Mizpah Covenant was made.

This lush tallit as 108″ long plus fringes, and 21″ wide.  It is made from 100% cotton (exclusive of the atarah), and includes the atarah and hand-tied tzit-zit.

There are currently two  available, and they would make a fine Bride and Groom wedding pair.

Price: $250.00

Use links to our Etsy and Amazon Shops on the left.

 

Mizpah Tallit 1
Mizpah Tallit 2
Mizpah Tallit 3
Mizpah Tallit 4
Gilead

You Shall Make Tzitzit

15 Sunday Jul 2018

Posted by willmelnyk in Handmade, Judaica, Liturgical and Prayer, Scarves, Tallits, Will's Blog, woven music

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The “Tallit Prayer Scarf”

Today tallits come in many sizes, shapes, colors and designs.  This is possible because their are no rules governing what the tallit as a garment should look like.  The only part of the tallit that is prescribed is the tzitzit (tassels or fringes) at the four corners:

Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them that they shall make for themselves fringes on the corners of their garments, throughout their generations, and that they shall affix a thread of sky-blue on the fringe of each corner.

This shall be tzitzit [fringes] for you, and when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of G‑d to perform them, and you shall not wander after your hearts and after your eyes after which you are going astray.  

So that you shall remember and perform all My commandments, and you shall be holy to your L‑rd.  (Numbers 15:38 – 40)

I have found that the larger sizes of tallits are a bit, well, large for use in daily prayer at home, or while traveling.  So I created the tallit scarf in the photo above.*  It was woven on my rigid heddle loom, of 100% cotton.  The tzitzit are hand tied.

If there is an interested , we will offer them in our Etsy and Amazon Shops at Ephods and Pomegranates.

Tallit Scarf 2

Blessing for wearing the tzitzit (the tallit):

Blessed are you, Adonai our God, Sovereign of the Universe, who has sanctified us with commandments, and instructed us to wrap ourselves in tzizit.

This shall be tzitzit [fringes] for you . . .  It is said that this is one of the few commandments who purpose is carefully explained in Torah:  and when you see it, you will remember all the commandments of G‑d to perform them, and you shall not wander after your hearts and after your eyes after which you are going astray.  In a very real sense, the commandment to wear tzitzit is equal in importance to all the others put together, because its purpose is to remind us of them all.

There are several different designs of tallits in our Etsy and Amazon shops.  Perhaps this tallit scarf, which I have woven for myself, will become one of them.

* The scarf shown is a woven representation of the climax of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes Schiller’s poem “Ode to Joy:

Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder
Was die Mode streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Brüder
Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt.

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,
Daughter from Elysium,
We enter, drunk with fire,
Heavenly One, thy sanctuary!
Your magic binds again
What convention strictly divides;
All people become brothers,
Where your gentle wing abides.

 

 

New Tallits in Our Etsy Shop

31 Saturday Mar 2018

Posted by willmelnyk in Handmade, Judaica, Liturgical and Prayer, Shawls, Tallits, Will's Blog

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Two new Tallits are now in our Etsy Shop.  These are about 20″ x 84″, handwoven from mercerized cotton.  We include a package of tzitzit strings from Israel, and instructions for tying your own tzitzits, which is the best tradition.

The stripes have an overshot woven pattern, which gives them a beautiful, lacy look.

Visit our Etsy Shop at Ephods and Pomegranates Etsy.

 

Tallit Capernaum 1

“Capernaum” Tallit $225.00

Tallit Capernaum 2

“Capernaum” Tallit $225.00

Tallit Siloam 1

“Siloam” Tallit $225.00

tallit Siloam 2

“Siloam” Tallit $225.00

Tallit Tzittzit

Tztitzit Strings from Israel Included

Two New Tallits

30 Friday Mar 2018

Posted by willmelnyk in Handmade, Judaica, Liturgical and Prayer, Shawls, Tallits, Will's Blog

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Two new Tallits, just off Will’s loom and awaiting finishing.

Tallits Overshot

“Capernaum” on the Left, and “Siloam” on the Right

I’ll tie the tzitzits if you like, or provide cord from Israel for you to tie your own

Approximately 20″ x 7, – Mercerized Cotton

Coming Soon to the Woven Judaica line in our Etsy Shop

“Mount Horeb” Tallit

29 Thursday Mar 2018

Posted by willmelnyk in Liturgical and Prayer, Shawls, Tallits, Will's Blog

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The “Mount Horeb” Tallit is now on Will’s loom, and will soon join two other new Tallit offerings on our Etsy and Amazon sites. Available with hand tied tzitzits.

Tallit Horeb 1
Tallit Horeb 3
Tallit Horeb 2

Mississippi Liturgical Arts Conference

26 Monday Mar 2018

Posted by willmelnyk in Glyn's Blog, Liturgical and Prayer, Will's Blog

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Diocese of Mississippi, handweaving, Liturgical Arts

We will be teaching weaving classes at the Liturgical Arts Conference in Mississippi October 20-25.  You can see all the details at https://www.liturgicalartsconference.com/

And especially at https://www.liturgicalartsconference.com/weaving-worship-the-souls-warp-and-weft.html

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