You can find today’s artwork and commentary from the Visual Commentary on Scripture, here.
The artwork is a monumental sculpted Menorah located outside the Israeli parliament, the Knesset. It’s hard for us to avoid considering the issues of homeland and return from exile which are at the heart of the Hebrew Bible and carved on this Menorah, without thinking of our contemporary perspectives on the Israel-Palestine question. Questions around homeland and God’s covenant relationship continue.
Here is the haunting sound of Jewish chant to accompany your reflection today.
Place of Wondering 