Berit Engen WEFT and D'RASH – A Thousand Jewish Tapestries

MY TAPESTRIES: 36 SERIES
- [a]____________________________
- Anticipations
- The Torah (I-III)
  - The Torah (I)
  - The Torah (II)
  - The Torah (III)
- The Joseph Story As if Chanted
- PaRDeS (I-III)
  - PaRDeS (I)
  - PaRDeS (II)
  - PaRDeS (III)
- My Tanakh Map
- The Torah Scroll (I-III)
  - The Torah Scroll (I)
  - The Torah Scroll (II)
  - The Scroll (III)
- Book of Prophets (I-II)
  - Book of Prophets (I)
  - Book of Prophets (II)
- Sheva N'viot
- Book of Psalms (I-V)
  - Book of Psalms (I)
  - Book of Psalms (IV)
  - Book of Psalms (V)
- THE Book of Misery
- The Five M'gillot (I-VI)
  - The Five M'gillot (I)
  - The Five M'gillot (II)
  - The Five M'gillot (III)
  - The Five M'gillot (IV)
  - The Five M'gillot (V)
  - The Five M'gillot (VI)
- "Givat ha'Aralot"
- [b]_____________________________
- The Talmud (I-IV)
  - The Talmud (I)
- "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (I-III)
  - "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (I)
  - "Hafokh v'Hapekh!" (II)
- Three (Jewish) Doctors
- The Mystical Tradition (I-V)
  - The Mystical Tradition (I)
  - The Mystical Tradition (II)
  - The Mystical Tradition (III)
  - The Mystical Tradition (IV)
  - The Mystical Tradition (V)
- [c]_____________________________
- Our Prayerbook (I-II)
  - Our Prayerbook (I)
  - Our Prayerbook (II)
- The Most Beautiful Modim
- Kaddish for Sinikka
- uN'taneh Tokef
- Song of the Sea
- "A Din Toire Mit Got"
- The Whimsical Haggadah (I-XIII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (I)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (II)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (III)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (IV)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (V)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VI)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (VIII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (IX)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (X)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XI)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XII)
  - The Whimsical Haggadah (XIII)
- [d]_____________________________
- The Illuminated Shlep
- Holy Days (I-VII)
  - Holy Days (I)
  - Holy Days (II)
  - Holy Days (III)
  - Holy Days (IV)
  - Holy Days (V)
  - Holy Days (VI)
  - Holy Days (VII)
- Lost but Found (I-III)
  - Lost but Found (I)
  - Lost but Found (II)
  - Lost But Found (III)
- The Exile (I-VII)
  - The Exile (I)
  - The Exile (II)
  - The Exile (III)
  - The Exile (IV)
  - The Exile (V)
  - The Exile (VI)
  - The Exile (VI)
- Women of S'farad (I-III)
  - Women of S'farad (I)
  - Women of S'farad (II)
- Yiddish Wisdom
- Yiddishe Curses
- The Shoah (I-III)
  - The Shoah (I)
  - The Shoah (II)
  - The Shoah (III)
- The Land (I-V)
  - The Land (V)
- [e]______________________________
- Mount Sinai on Route 43
- Our Ups and Downs, and King Solomon's
- Isaiah in Manhattan
- New Psalms for an Old Book (I-X)
  - New Psalms for an Old Book (I)
  - New Psalms for an Old Book (II)
  - New Psalms For an Old Book (III)
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MY TAPESTRIES: 36 SERIES > PaRDeS (I-III) > PaRDeS (I)

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PaRDeS (I)
– Of Light-Filled Fibers: P’shat, Remez, D’rash, and Sod

l enjoy looking at how Biblical scenes have been depicted differently throughout the ages in paintings. Using flax and linen fibers, and abstract imagery, I wove four variations on the very first verse of the Torah – but with the added challenge of applying the category definitions of PaRDeS.

- (4/4 tapestries, series complete)
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