Each corner of Mickie Caspi’s Seasons Ketubah represents one of the four seasons. The traditional text is framed by a mosaic of heart-shaped flowers and encircled by a quote from the Song of Songs.
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Mickie Caspi is an Israeli American artist and calligrapher specializing in Judaica. The owner of Caspi Cards & Art, she incorporates traditional Jewish motifs, Persian and Arabic illumination, and contemporary styles into her original ketubot (marriage contracts), greeting cards, calendars, and art prints. Caspi lives in Newton, Massachusetts.
This ketubah (marriage contract), was signed in Bayonne, France, whose Jewish community originated with New Christians from Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth century. It marks the wedding of Isaac…
Lord of the world, my God,
I humbly beg You, with a broken heart,
And with my weak body,
To confirm my baby in Torah,
As a person of honor and riches.…
Founded in 1548, the Italian Synagogue of Padua was moved to its current location by 1603. It was renovated in the nineteenth century and restored again after World War II, when the Scuola Grande…