The "Hoshanah Rebbe" |
I recently completed my oil painting "The Hoshanah Rebbe " as a memory of meeting The Lubavitcher Rebbe on Hoshana Rabboh in 1973 ,exactly 40 years ago .
While journeying to Israel as a volunteer for The Yom Kippur war , a doctor at JFK airport delayed me from travelling as he discovered I had a potentially dangerous inflamed lymph node in my neck .
That same doctor then introduced me to the Rebbe at 770 after the Sukkot Hoshana Rabboh services and asked the Rebbe if I could continue my journey .
The Rebbe turned to me and said that I should continue on to Israel and gave me a blessing that everything would turn out well . Thank G-d the war was quickly over and I went on to sing at the Israel National Opera where I met my wife.
That was exactly 40 years ago and so as a memory of that miraculous Hoshanah Rabboh I painted " The Hoshanah Rebbe"
While journeying to Israel as a volunteer for The Yom Kippur war , a doctor at JFK airport delayed me from travelling as he discovered I had a potentially dangerous inflamed lymph node in my neck .
That same doctor then introduced me to the Rebbe at 770 after the Sukkot Hoshana Rabboh services and asked the Rebbe if I could continue my journey .
The Rebbe turned to me and said that I should continue on to Israel and gave me a blessing that everything would turn out well . Thank G-d the war was quickly over and I went on to sing at the Israel National Opera where I met my wife.
That was exactly 40 years ago and so as a memory of that miraculous Hoshanah Rabboh I painted " The Hoshanah Rebbe"
