rectangular shawl; body is soft light brown flannel; maroon panel with multicolored tye-dyed circles at neckline; blue and white beaded strips with Hebrew text over ultrasuede stripes on one end--green and white beaded strips with English text over ultrasuede stripes at other end; metal bugles at each short end; tan and blue chenille ties

%C2%A9 Sandra Brick

Refuah Shlemah Tallit (Healing Prayer Shawl), 2013

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Sandra Brick made this tallit, a healing cape used in Jewish ceremonies, during a difficult time in her life as a form of self-healing. On one side of the shawl, rendered in bead work, is the Hebrew prayer (the Mi She’berach) which is traditionally spoken when the tallit is placed on a person in need of healing. The other side includes the prayer translated into English. The jingles at the hem and the tie-dyed “sand mandalas” at the collar derive from non-Jewish healing practices, namely Ojibwe and Buddhist, making this contemporary work of Judaica unique for its global, inter-faith references.

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Title
Refuah Shlemah Tallit (Healing Prayer Shawl)
Artist Life
born 1958
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2014.4
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rectangular shawl; body is soft light brown flannel; maroon panel with multicolored tye-dyed circles at neckline; blue and white beaded strips with Hebrew text over ultrasuede stripes on one end--green and white beaded strips with English text over ultrasuede stripes at other end; metal bugles at each short end; tan and blue chenille ties

© Sandra Brick

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