04/16/2022
Chag Pesach Sameach, Happy !
This newly acquired painting by Malcah Zeldis depicts the Passover Seder, tonight's ritual meal, commemorating the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.
A large family is seen gathering around a table set with the ingredients needed for the meal: the bottle of wine used for the 4 wine blessings; the characteristic Passover plate containing the symbolic Seder foods (such as the shank bone, egg, and bitter herbs); and an embroidered fabric covering the matza, the unleavened bread reminding of the haste in which the Israelites left Egypt.
🎨: "Passover Seder" (1984), Malcah Zeldis (born Bronx, 1931), oil on masonite