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What is Kosmic Kabbalah Art?

The word 'cosmos' refers to the physical universe seen as an orderly harmonious Whole.  The original Greek word 'Kosmos' however, refers to the Whole of all existence - in all realms - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The Hebrew word Kabbalah refers to the ancient mystical teachings that describe the Kosmos as an orderly harmonious Whole.

The teachings and much of the artwork presented on this site deal with Kosmic themes that are based on the Kabbalah:  Infinity, Eternity, Kosmogeny, Holy Names, Mandalas,  Sacred Geometry, Fractals, and Sefirotic Maps of the Kosmos (Tree of Life Diagrams).

 

All of the Giclee prints on canvas as well as all the prints on paper are hand-signed.  The canvas prints can be stretched and framed without glass.  The paper prints should be framed with glass.

There are some new pictures that are only now available as Giclee prints on canvas.  To view them go to 'New Works' under the 'Artworks by Subject' heading.


This Geometric picture is based on the number 6.  A bright orange 6-pointed Star of David (Magen David) is embedded in the central circle.  A smaller white Magen David is embedded in the hexagon that is the center of the orange Star.  The hexagon at the center of that white Magen David can be seen as a cube.  This motif is similar to the one I used in my picture 'The Holy… more
Some people see this picture as stars in space, but I see it as subatomic particles, quanta.  That is why I named it Quantum Uncertainty. According to the Kabbalah, everything created  - whether large or small is relative and subjective.  Only God is Absolute and Unlimited.  Even the totality of Space is 'tiny' compared to the Divine Infinity; and even the particles that… more
  There are no hidden Kabbalistic letters or symbols in this picture.  I just enjoyed using my imagination in order to create a nice, pleasant space.
Psalm 107, called the Psalm of Thanksgiving, describes four perilous situations that could befall us.  It tells us that someone who has gone through any of these situations and survived has a special obligation to give thanks and praise to God.  There is even a special blessings to say in the synagogue when called to the Torah.   The perilous situations described in Psalm 107 are:… more
There are several different forms the Tree of Life Diagrams. In the ones based on the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria (the Ari), Daat (Knowledge) is not counted as one of the 10 Sefirot, because Daat is the ‘outside’ of Keter and the ‘inside’ of Tiferet.  Another way of saying that is, Daat is the interface between the (3 Sefirot of the) mind and the (7 Sefirot of the) body.  In those… more
Albert Einstein said “Science without Religion is lame, and Religion without Science is blind.”  The Kabbalists have always seen the two as complementary rather than contradictory.  The cosmology of Kabbalah and of Modern Science can also be seen as complementary perspectives. In the Kabbalah, the Creation of the Universe is spoken of as a contraction of God’s  Infinite Light.… more
Most of the concepts that are presented in Sefer Yetzirah appear in this image.  The 22 Hebrew Letters and 10 Numbers (Sefirot) are said to be the building blocks of Creation, It is not so different from the letters and numbers that represent the building blocks of matter in the Periodic Table of the Elements, and the subatomic particle Zoo.  Because this picture looks like the… more
"The Root of all religious observance and spiritual practice is for us to be constantly aware of God.  It should make us realize that we were created for the singular purpose of consciously experiencing the Creator.  Observance and practice should help us see that the only reason we were brought into the world is to use our spiritual powers to overcome our material attachments and… more

THE ARTIST DAVID FRIEDMAN

I immigrated to Israel in 1977 at the age of 20, and spent two years studying Torah in Jerusalem, where I met my wife, Miriam. We got married in 1979 and moved to Zefat.

In Zefat, I mostly immersed myself in the study of the Talmud and other classic texts of Judaism as well as Kabbalah, but I continued to make art at night. 

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