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When Baruch Nachshon speaks about the heavens opening up and receiving visions and glimpses of the world to come, the world-famous artist sounds a lot like King David – and for good reason.
As one of the original Jewish settlers in Hebron following the Six Day War in 1967, Nachshon took an elderly Breslov rabbi’s advice and recited Psalms for 40 days, praying for a livelihood to feed his growing family of seven. Nachshon had established an art gallery in front of the Cave of Machpela, but few were coming inside to buy his art.
Reciting King David’s Psalms, Nachshon got more than he asked for. The painter experienced an ecstatic state, a glimpse of what he describes as the perfection of the universe, none other than the Messianic Age.
“When I began 40 days of reciting Tehillim, I began to see visions that came through the meaning of the psalms. All of this was only in black and white. The second round of reading Tehillim daily, I decided to try color and, Baruch Hashem, from that time till now, most of my artwork is in colors,” Nachshon explains, as he claps his hands together and his eyes look skyward. His long grizzled beard comes to a point. He’s wearing hassidic garb: black trousers, a white button-down shirt, and a black cardigan, and for head covering a jaunty, oversized black beret.
Following King David's lead: The artist Baruch Nachshon
He has a some really interesting art work.
As one of the original Jewish settlers in Hebron following the Six Day War in 1967, Nachshon took an elderly Breslov rabbi’s advice and recited Psalms for 40 days, praying for a livelihood to feed his growing family of seven. Nachshon had established an art gallery in front of the Cave of Machpela, but few were coming inside to buy his art.
Reciting King David’s Psalms, Nachshon got more than he asked for. The painter experienced an ecstatic state, a glimpse of what he describes as the perfection of the universe, none other than the Messianic Age.
“When I began 40 days of reciting Tehillim, I began to see visions that came through the meaning of the psalms. All of this was only in black and white. The second round of reading Tehillim daily, I decided to try color and, Baruch Hashem, from that time till now, most of my artwork is in colors,” Nachshon explains, as he claps his hands together and his eyes look skyward. His long grizzled beard comes to a point. He’s wearing hassidic garb: black trousers, a white button-down shirt, and a black cardigan, and for head covering a jaunty, oversized black beret.
Following King David's lead: The artist Baruch Nachshon
He has a some really interesting art work.
