A magnificent artistic creation for the Bar Mitzvah of the boy Moshe, son of Aryeh Ilan, with a reference to the young State of Israel in the year 5709 (1949). Illustrations and inscriptions in black, silver, and gold ink on bristol board. Israel, 1949.
An artistic creation in the form of an open book with blessings, verses, and well-wishes for the Bar Mitzvah boy Moshe, son of Aryeh Ilan, who came of age in the second year of the State of Israel in Rehovot. On the title page: “For eternal memory, the great festival day of the Bar Mitzvah, the seventh day of Passover 1949, State of Israel, Rehovot” and “From slavery to freedom, from darkness to light, Jerusalem rebuilt forever, may it be [soon in our days, Amen].” In the “book’s” opening, there is an illustration of a Star of David and a “Mazel Tov” blessing, along with verses from the giving of the Torah. On the opposite page, there is a photograph of the Bar Mitzvah boy adorned with flowers and a Star of David, and the Bar Mitzvah blessing incorporates a mention of the young State of Israel: “To the Bar Mitzvah boy, R’ Moshe, son of Aryeh Ilan, from today, you are a faithful servant of Hashem to observe the Torah of Moshe, all His commandments and the commandment of tefillin. From today, the seal of the Holy One, blessed be He, is upon your arm, engraved on your heart. From today, you join all the sacred elements of the nation within the sanctuary of the State of Israel in Eretz Israel… May you see sons to your sons, and may the branches of the Ilan (tree) grow and flourish, and may we merit the coming of the righteous redeemer soon in our days, Amen, in the State of Israel.” At the bottom of the page is the name of the “faithful friend, Avraham Yitzchak Lipkowitz, the time of freedom, 1949, Rehovot, State of Israel.”
44×32 cm. Light stains. Good condition.
