{"id":6346,"date":"2019-09-24T02:35:36","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/?p=6346"},"modified":"2023-12-28T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T00:09:36","slug":"my-magen-david-star-of-david-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/index.php\/2019\/09\/24\/my-magen-david-star-of-david-art\/","title":{"rendered":"My Magen David (Star of David) Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6346\" class=\"elementor elementor-6346\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-feafb10 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"feafb10\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b955686 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\" data-id=\"b955686\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b655ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b655ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3148 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20160602_111304_resizeda.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"196\" \/>The Magen David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism. The literal translation is \u2018shield of David,\u2019 referring to King David of the Bible.<\/p><p>This Magen David is \u2018inter-species art.\u2019 My first lovebird was a female with a strong nesting drive. No paper could be safely left in her presence because she shredded everything that she could get her beak on. Part of her genetic makeup was to tuck the shredded strips of paper into her tail feathers so she could fly them to where she was nesting. Every strip was the same width, creating a wonderful, weave-able craft material. I wove the Magen David. I have also used her shreddings to decorate boxes, picture frames, and other containers.<\/p><p>You will see that I have adopted this beautiful art as my website logo.\u00a0 I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed creating it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Magen David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism. The literal translation is \u2018shield of David,\u2019 referring to King David of the Bible. This Magen David is \u2018inter-species art.\u2019 My first lovebird was a female with a strong nesting drive. No paper could be safely left in her presence because she shredded everything that she could get her beak&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/20160602_111304_resizeda.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcJuXT-1Em","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9564,"url":"https:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/a-chanukah-tradition-latkes-the-story-behind-them-and-receipe\/","url_meta":{"origin":6346,"position":0},"title":"A Chanukah tradition &#8211; latkes (The story behind them and receipe","author":"admin","date":"05\/10\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Let me teach you a bit about the origins of the food customs associated with the eight days of Hanukkah - potato latkes.\u2003 Early texts recount the rebellion, the recapture of the temple and rededication ceremony, but references to the \u201cmiracle\u201d connected to Hanukkah do not appear until nearly 600\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Holidays, Fasts, Festivals&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Holidays, Fasts, Festivals","link":"https:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/index.php\/category\/holidays\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/21COOKING-POTATO-LATKE-mediumThreeByTwo440.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":97,"url":"https:\/\/rabbi-mercy.com\/home\/index.php\/2018\/03\/01\/brief-history-of-israel-and-the-jewish-people\/","url_meta":{"origin":6346,"position":1},"title":"Brief History of Israel and the Jewish People","author":"admin","date":"01\/03\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Jews are one of the most ancient peoples in the world. 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