Rosh haShannah Cards

Since 1996 I have used a portion of my summer (at one time at camp (Swig or Newman)) to produce a linoleum block (or other visual). Each block represents a verse from classic Jewish texts. Initially, (usually) these texts were from the book of Psalms, but now they range much more widely. Each text becomes a mini visual midrash.

I collect them here for your viewing pleasure.

Psalm 16:8 57571996For a new year of peace
Psalm 113:3 57581997May the year 5758 bring blessings of peace from east to west...
Isaiah 45:7 57591998May the year 5759 bring blessings of peace in both light and darkness.
Psalm 119:1 57601999May the new year 5760 bring blessings of peace as we continue on our way.
Psalm 92:13 57612000May justice... and with it peace flourish in the new year 5761.
Psalm 90:12 57622001May we gain hearts of wisdom, so that the year 5762 will be one of peace.
Psalm 118:19 57632002May acts of righteousness in the year 5763 open the Golden gates of Mercy and lead to a world of peace.
Proverbs 3:17b 57642003May all our paths in the coming year 5764 lead us toward peace.
Sifra to Psalm 18:11-12 and Siddur: Ma'ariv: Hashkiveinu 57652004May our efforts in the year 5765 spread clouds of glory as we build true tabernacles of peace.
Lamentations 3:52 57662005May our endeavors in the year 5766 release all that threatens to ensnare us, giving wing to a world of peace, blessing and joy.
[In memory of Faye (Faigie, Fannie (Avrunin)) Hurvitz Tzipporah bat Meir v'Jannah 21st of Tevet 5674 - 8th of Tammuz 5765; December 20, 1913 (the winter solstice) - July 14, 2005]
Leviticus 25:10 57672006May our endeavors in the year 5767 proclaim liberty throughout the land, creating a world at peace.
Psalm 118:5 57682007May our voices spread from the narrow places to the broad spaces calling for justice and peace in the year 5768.
Psalm 118:22 57692008In our efforts to build a world at peace may we see the potential in every stone.
Leviticus 19:10b 57702009As we gather our share in the new year may we live in a world of plenty and of peace.
Pirei Avot 1:2 57712010May we secure our world on a foundation of learning, service and deeds of loving-kindness.
Genesis 1:1-2 57722011May our efforts in the new year bring new creation out of chaos.
Psalm 130:1b 57732012May our voices reach up from the depths to achieve a world of wholeness and peace.
Deuteronomy 30:13 57742013May our efforts in the New Year bring a world of wholeness and peace closer to us.
Psalm 23:5b 57752014May our efforts in the New Year overflow with goodness and help create a world of wholeness and peace.
Psalm 27:9a 57762015May the new year be a time of honesty with ourselves and full presence with one another, bringing us closer to a world of wholeness and peace.
Siddur : Kedushat haYom 57772016With purified hearts may our honest efforts build a world of justice and peace.
Psalm 1:3 57782017May we plant ourselves by sources of sustenance and use those sources to build a world of peace and plenty.
Mishneh Torah, Blessings 10:16; based on Genesis 9:11 57792018May we strengthen our covenantal relationships as we reflect and reinforce the love of a caring universe.
Numbers 6:25 57802019May the breath of the cosmos illuminate us and be generous to us.
Ezekiel 6:16 57812020As the urgency of this New Year breathes its birthing, life’s blood and the waters of the seas flow, may Lilith, Eve, and Adam join together in The Garden, creating one loving family.

You can purchase reproductions of many of these cards for your own use at my Zazzle store.

©Mark Hurvitz
2020