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HEBREW CALLIGRAPHY

IN ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS

ON KOSHER PARCHMENT


   

 

 

HEBREW BIBLE QUOTES

 

Psalm 46

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From Psalm 47

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Psalm 116

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Psalm 121

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PSALM 128

 

 

 

 

VERSES

AARONIC BLESSING - Birkat Cohanim (HEBREW)
     
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Samples of HEBREW QUOTES ON PARCHMENT

from The Hebrew Bible and Talmud

 

 

From TORAH

"The LORD is my strength and song, and He is become my salvation"

Exodus 15:2

 

 

"And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel.

Exodus 28:9

 

 

 

The Aaronic Blessing

"THE LORD BLESS THEE AND KEEP THEE!


THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON THEE, AND BE GRACIOUS TO THEE!


THE LORD LIFT UP HIS COUNTENANCE TO THEE AND GIVE THEE PEACE! "


Numbers 6, 22-26


 
   
 

 

 

"Justice, justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee."

 

Deuteronomy 16:20

 

 

 

" When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by wielding an axe against them; for thou mayest eat of them, but thou shalt not cut them down; for is the tree of the field man, that it should be besieged of thee? "

 

Deuteronomy 20:19

 

 

 

 

 

"And of Levi he said: Thy Thummim and Thy Urim be with Thy holy one, whom Thou didst prove at Massah, with whom Thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;

Who said of his father, and of his mother: 'I have not seen him'; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew he his own children; for they have observed Thy word, and keep Thy covenant. They shall teach Jacob Thine ordinances, and Israel Thy law; they shall put incense before Thee, and whole burnt-offering upon Thine altar.

Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise up against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. "

Deuteronomy 33:8-11

 
   
 
From PROPHETS
 

"For this child I prayed;and the LORD hath granted me my petition which I asked of Him;

Therefore I also have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he is lent to the LORD.'

And he worshipped the LORD there. "

Samuel 1 1:27-28

 

 

 

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down sweet wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the brooks of Judah shall flow with waters; and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. "

Joel 4:18

 

 

From WRITINGS

 

"I have set the LORD always before me; surely He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved."

 

Psalms 16:8

 

 

" Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous, praise is comely for the upright! "

Psalms 33:1

 

 

     
Psalms 46

 

 

"The righteous

shall flourish

like the

palm-tree;

he shall grow

like a cedar

in Lebanon."

Psalms 92:13

 
 
 

 

"The end of the matter, all having been heard: fear God, and keep His commandments; for this is the whole man. "

Ecclesiastes 12:13

     
 
From TALMUD

"Rabbi Chanina said..."

Taanit 6a

“All Israel has a share in the World to Come,
as it said:
Isaiah 60:21 “And your people are all righteous;
they shall inherit the land forever; they are the branch
of My planting, My handwork, in which to take pride.“


Sanhedrin 10a

     
     

"Rabbi Pinchas Ben-Yair said:

Torah leads to Watchfulness;


Watchfulness leads to Zeal;


Zeal leads to Cleanliness;


Cleanliness leads to Separation;


Separation leads to Purity;


Purity leads to Saintliness;


Saintliness leads to Humility;


Humility leads to Fear of Sin;


Fear of Sin leads to Holiness;


Holiness leads to the Holy Spirit,


and the Holy Spirit leads to the Revival of the Dead."

 

Avodah-Zarah 20b

 
     
     

RABBI* SAYS: WHICH IS THE PROPER PATH THAT
A MAN SHOULD CHOOSE FOR HIMSELF?
WHATEVER IS A CREDIT TO HIMSELF AND
EARNS HIM THE ESTEEM OF FELLOW MEN.

Ethics of the Fathers 2, 1

*Rabbi Yehudah Ha-Nassi (135-219 C.E.), redactor of the Mishnah.

     

 

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