Akedah Story

Moshe Mizrachi

1913

Illustration in three horizontal panels, with Hebrew text running along the border and labeling the illustrations, which include two figures, an angel, fire, and ram at top of page; donkey, trees, and several figures in the center; and two figures in front of a line of ten camels at the bottom.

The Akedah (binding of Isaac episode) was a popular topic for Mizrachi in his panels. This color lithograph illustrates some aspects of midrash on Genesis less often illustrated, such as Rebecca giving water to Eliezer's ten camels, and Isaac as a scholar.

Credits

Moshe Mizrachi, Folk Depiction of Akedah Story (Jerusalem: Monsohn, 1913). Courtesy Gross Family Trust Collection.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.

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Creator Bio

Moshe Mizrachi

ca. 1870–1940

Born in Tehran, Moshe ben Yitsḥak Mizrachi immigrated to Jerusalem around 1890. Working in multiple media, including lithography, drawing, and verre églomisé, Mizrachi set up a workshop producing ritual and utilitarian art. His most notable pieces are shiviti plaques (decorative plaques bearing the verse “I am ever mindful of the Lord’s presence,” from Psalm 16:8) and mizraḥim, plaques used, often in synagogues, to mark the direction toward Jerusalem.

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