Kosmic Kabbalah Art

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.

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Primary Sounds

The red Shin ש represents Fire אש (aiSh) in Hebrew, thus, it rises up like fire; the blue Mem מ represents Water מים (MahyiM) in Hebrew, thus, it flows downward like water. The sounds of these 2 Letters are also opposites - the outward hissing of Shhh.... and the inward humming of Mmmm... The yellow between them also surrounds them both. It represents the… more

Blessing the Family

This picture is closely related to my picture Family Tree of Life. The large face at the top represents a Grandfather who blesses his Children through their Fathers and Mothers that are on his arms. The Grandfather's hands rest upon the head of a dark-haired Son whose hands rest upon the head of a Daughter with reddish hair. The Grandfather represents Adam who was created… more

72 Holy Names

One of the most complex meditative techniques of the Kabbalah uses the 72 three-letter Names of God in this picture. These 216 letters (72 x 3 = 216) actually comprise One Name. This Name is mentioned in the Bahir and the Zohar, in Rashi’s commentary on the Talmud, but it was Rabbi Abraham Abulafia, the controversial 13th Century Kabbalist, who taught how to use this Name in order to attain… more

Beginning of Sefer Yetzirah

This picture contains the first words of Sefer Yetzirah: “With 32 Wondrous Paths of Wisdom, Yah - YHVH and Hosts, the God of Israel, El Shadai, Merciful and Gracious, High and Exalted, Dwelling Forever and Holy is His Name, Heavenly and Holy is He - engraved and created His Universe with three Sefarim: with Sefer, with Sefar and with Sippur.” In Hebrew, Sefer ספר is a book -… more

Psalm 107

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

Kosmic Event

This image evokes a cosmic event in deep space like the ones photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. Many see it as the Milky Way Galaxy . Edwin Hubble was the first astronomer to realize that our Galaxy is only one of billions or trillions of galaxies that are in our Universe. This was in the 1920's. Pretty much everyone before that assumed that the Milky Way was… more

A Tapestry of Holy Names

In Genesis, God created Adam "in His own Image, in His own Likeness". However, since we believe that God has no image or likeness, Kabbalists understand this as saying that God makes Himself known to us in our likeness by ‘clothing’ Himself in the 10 Sefirot of Adam Kadmon - associated with the 4 Letters of the Name of God יהוה (YHVH). The 4 Holy Names in this 'Tapestry' are the… more

The Abuhav Synagogue

The Abuhav Synagogue is one of the most beautiful synagogues in Safed. Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav was a leader of the Spanish Jewish community expelled from Spain in 1492. He died on his way to the Holy Land. The synagogue was built by his students to house his personal Torah scroll which is still read three times a year. A legend claims that this synagogue was actually built in Spain… 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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Sefer Yetzirah

| 15 November

Since the ancient classic Sefer Yetzirah (Book of Creation) inspires much of the art that is shown on this site, I feel that is

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