Friday, December 23, 2011

Puppa Rebbe zt"l


Reb Yosef Greenwald zt"l - Puppa Rebbe
Pencil, 8.5 x 11

This pencil portrait on craft paper of the Puppa Rebbe zt"l was done in 1991, one of my very first portraits. Reb Yosef zt"l has rebuilt the Puppa Chassidus in New York Post WWII. Settled after the war in 1950 in Williamsburg and restored the past glory of Pupa, a Chasiddish town wiped out by the Nazis y"s. Niftar in 1984.

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Hunting on Shabbos

Laws of Hunting on Shabbos
Miniature Model

This scale miniature was done for a school project, to display the Issur on hunting on Shabbos. Todays kids need much visualization when learning. Unlike when I was a kid, it was all imagination based on a very bad explanation.

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Friday, December 16, 2011

My Grandfather the Tchaba Rav zt"l


My Grandfather the Tchaba Rav zt"l
Chalk Pastel, 8.5 x 11

My great grandfather, the Tchaba Rav zt"l was known as a big Tzaddik who helped many Yidden with his Segulos and Brachos. Reb Shraga Shmiel Schnitzler zt"l was a grandson of the holy Baal Shem Tov, Reb Shmiel Schmelke of Nikolsburg and Reb Zishe of Anipoli. He came from Beke-tchaba, Hungary after the war and settled in Yerushalayim. Born 1889 - Niftar 26th Tishre 1980, he was buried at the Chelkas Harabanim on Har Hamenuchos, near the Belzer Rebbe zt"l.

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Monday, December 12, 2011

Reb Yoel Teitelbaum zt"l


Reb Yoel Teitelbaum zt"l
Pencil, 8.5 x 11

This pencil portrait on craft paper of the Satmar Rebbe zt"l was done in 1991, one of my very first portraits. Reb Yoel zt"l was a major force in the post WWII rebuilding of chasiddishkeit in America. Born in 1887, Niftar in 1979. A quote by Harav Tetelbaum "Instead of building big beautiful Shuls, let's build big beautiful Talmud Torahs".

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Monday, December 5, 2011

Reb Avigdor Miller zt"l


Reb Avigdor Miller zt"l
Chalk Pastel, 8.5 x 11

My chalk pastel rendering of Reb Avigdor Miller zt"l, one of our greatest leaders in American Jewry. Born in 1908, Niftar in 2001. A quote by Harav Miller "Learning Mussar teaches one how to live, but learning Bava Kamma is living"

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