שלחן ערוך ShULChaN ARUCh, Set Table, (Laid Table)

שלחן ערוך  ShULChaN ARUCh
Set Table, (Laid Table), 2005
ORaCh ChaYIM (Manner of Life) - YOReH DEAH (If Teaches Knowlegde) - EVeN HaEZeR (Stone of Help) - CHOSheN MiShPaT (Breastplate of Judgement) - MaPaH / TOSaFOT (Tablecloth/ Extra) 
Collection: Bouwfonds Art Foundation, Hoevelaken, The Netherlands
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shulchan_Aruch

שלחן ערוך  ShULChaN ARUCh, Set Table, (Laid Table), 5x Parts, 2005

 שלחן ערוך  ShULChaN ARUCh, Set Table, (Laid Table), 5x Parts, 2005

 שלחן ערוך  ShULChaN ARUCh, Set Table, (Laid Table), 5x Parts, 2005
ORaCh ChaYIM (Manner of Life)
Wood, 2 saw-horses, copper,  2 x cast iron shoe lasts, 108 x 60 x100 cm

 שלחן ערוך  ShULChaN ARUCh, Set Table, (Laid Table), 5x Parts, 2005
YOReH DEAH (If Teaches Knowledge), 
Copper, glass, wood, 2 saw-horses, iron rings, 5x marble eggs, 108 x 60 x 100 cm

 שלחן ערוך  ShULChaN ARUCh Set Table, (Laid Table), 5x Parts, 2005
EVeN HaEZeR (Stone of Help),  
Glass, wood, 2 saw-horses, copper, 2 x horseshoe, 2 x stones from Jerusalem, 108 x 60 x 100 cm

 שלחן ערוך  ShULChaN ARUCh, Set Table, (Laid Table), 5x Parts, 2005
CHOSheN MiShPaT (Breastplate of Judgement), 
Wood, copper, 2 saw-horses, 117.5 x 60 x 100 cm

שלחן ערוך  ShULChaN ARUCh, Set Table, (Laid Table), 5x Parts, 2005
MaPaH / TOSaFOT (Tablecloth/ Extra), 
Wood, 2 saw-horses, white cloth material, threads, 74 x 60 x 100 cm

פתוחה / סתומה, (PeTUChaH / SeTUMaH), Open / Closed

פתוחה / סתומה, (PeTUChaH / SeTUMaH), Open / Closed ,1990
Neon light, electrical wire (104 Meters,) plexiglas, iron, 100 x 100 x 100 Cm.

OPEN PORTION / CLOSED PORTION
Please note: there are 290 'open portions' and 379 'closed portions', in TORaH's scroll.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parashah

As a matter of fact, the pyramid combination of the 10 circles above the word CLOSED, is a symbol of the Tetragrammaton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetragrammaton .

Breaking News

Breaking News, 1990
Bronze, 3x iron circle planning industrial, hight 70 Cm.

SIR HaBaSaR (meat pot)

SIR HaBaSaR (meat pot), 1983
10 x Cooking Pots, 4 x ShOFaROT (an ancient musical instrument made of ram's horn  -  it is also used for Jewish religious purposes)

The Wandering Jew / The Wondering christian

The Wandering Jew / The Wondering Christian, 1987
2 x bronze castings of a stuffed goat, 10 x fluorescent, 10 x transformers, electricity wire,
400 x 400 Cm.

The Wandering Jew / The Wondering Christian, 1987-90
Black piano, 4 x bronze castings of a stuffed goat, 20 x fluorescent, 20 x transformers, 20 x starters, electricity wire, 170 x 300 x 600 Cm.

Read Full Text

Read Full Text, 1983
Two school chairs, a school map entitled: 'Palestina at the era of the Bible',
a wood folding table, hight 75 Cm.
Collection Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo
Photo: Arend Velsink

Please note: The chess pieces are based on the form of תפילין TeFILIN / Phylacteries.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tefillin
https://toldotyisrael.wordpress.com/2011/11/06/probing-the-earliest-origins-of-tefillin-phylacteries-part-i/

Reading in Reverse

Reading in Reverse, 1990

Bronze, height 50 cm, 

Photo: Rüdiger Lubricht, Worpswede