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The Candle
"The Power of Light"
By Isaac Bashevis Singer
Cricket (December, 1996)
Media: Scratchboard
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"The Power of Light" was an intense assignment to create pieces
for, given that the majority of the story was set during the fall
of the Warsaw Ghetto. I tried to set the illustrations for this
story within the larger context of Jewish history, incorporating
images and symbols associated with Hannukah - the drawings in the
corners of this piece being for instance different styles of
Hannukah lamps from throughout history. Also included in the
borders are the Hebrew texts for the three prayers traditionally
recited while lighting the Hannukah candles. The prayer
accompanying this illustration, a piece showing the two young
people hiding in a bombed out cellar reads: "Blessed art Thou, O
Lord God, King of the universe, who hast sanctified us by Thy
precepts, and hast enjoined upon us the kindling of the Hannukah
light."
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