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	5757	1996	For a new year of peace
Psalm 113:3	5758	1997	May the year 5758 bring bless­ings of peace from east to west…
Isa­iah 45:7	5759	1998	May the year 5759 bring bless­ings of peace in both light and darkness.
Psalm 119:1	5760	1999	May the new year 5760 bring bless­ings of peace as we con­tin­ue on our way.
Psalm 92:13	5761	2000	May jus­tice… and with it peace flour­ish in the new year 5761.
Psalm 90:12	5762	2001	May we gain hearts of wis­dom, so that the year 5762 will be one of peace.
Psalm 118:19	5763	2002	May acts of right­eous­ness in the year 5763 open the Gold­en gates of Mer­cy and lead to a world of peace.
Proverbs 3:17b	5764	2003	May all our paths in the com­ing year 5764 lead us toward peace.
Sifra to Psalm 18:11–12 and Sid­dur: Ma’ariv: Hashkiveinu	5765	2004	May our efforts in the year 5765 spread clouds of glo­ry as we build true taber­na­cles of peace.
Lamen­ta­tions 3:52	5766	2005	May 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	5767	2006	May our endeav­ors in the year 5767 pro­claim lib­er­ty through­out the land, cre­at­ing a world at peace.
Psalm 118:5	5768	2007	May our voic­es spread from the nar­row places to the broad spaces call­ing for jus­tice and peace in the year 5768.
Psalm 118:22	5769	2008	In our efforts to build a world at peace may we see the poten­tial in every stone.
Leviti­cus 19:10b	5770	2009	As we gath­er our share in the new year may we live in a world of plen­ty and of peace.
Pirei Avot 1:2	5771	2010	May we secure our world on a foun­da­tion of learn­ing, ser­vice and deeds of loving-kindness.
Gen­e­sis 1:1–2	5772	2011	May our efforts in the new year bring new cre­ation out of chaos.
Psalm 130:1b	5773	2012	May our voic­es reach up from the depths to achieve a world of whole­ness and peace.
Deuteron­o­my 30:13	5774	2013	May our efforts in the New Year bring a world of whole­ness and peace clos­er to us.
Psalm 23:5b	5775	2014	May our efforts in the New Year over­flow with good­ness and help cre­ate a world of whole­ness and peace.
Psalm 27:9a	5776	2015	May 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	5777	2016	With puri­fied hearts may our hon­est efforts build a world of jus­tice and peace.
Psalm 1:3	5778	2017	May 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	5779	2018	May we strength­en our covenan­tal rela­tion­ships as we reflect and rein­force the love of a car­ing universe.
Num­bers 6:25	5780	2019	May the breath of the cos­mos illu­mi­nate us and be gen­er­ous to us.
Ezekiel 6:16	5781	2020	As 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.
Pirkei Avot 1:6	5782	2021	May we judge every­one with the scale weight­ed to the positive.
Pirkei Avot 3.1	5783	2022	May we use the knowl­edge of “from where we came”, and the tools we have to shape “where we are head­ed”… to build a world of inclu­sion & peace for all.
Deuteron­o­my 20:19	5784	2023	May we embrace the poten­tial of each gen­er­a­tion of seeds to trans­form the fields of our plan­et for good. May these seeds yield growth, bless­ing, repair, and peace.

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

©Mark Hurvitz
2021

Some­one in Israel to whom I mailed hard copies of the card sent me a pho­to of a dis­play of the many cards they’ve received. I like see­ing them all togeth­er this way.