Kosmic Kabbalah Art

What is Kosmic Kabbalah Art?

The word 'cosmos' refers to the physical universe seen as an orderly harmonious Whole. The original Greek word 'Kosmos' however, refers to the Whole of all existence - in all realms - physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The Hebrew word Kabbalah refers to the ancient mystical teachings that describe the Kosmos as an orderly harmonious Whole.

The teachings and much of the artwork presented on this site deal with Kosmic themes that are based on the Kabbalah: Infinity, Eternity, Kosmogeny, Holy Names, Mandalas, Sacred Geometry, Fractals, and Sefirotic Maps of the Kosmos (Tree of Life Diagrams).

All of the Giclee prints on canvas as well as all the prints on paper are hand-signed. The canvas prints can be stretched and framed without glass. The paper prints should be framed with glass.

There are some new pictures that are only now available as Giclee prints on canvas. To view them go to 'New Works' under the 'Artworks by Subject' heading.

Artworks

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Flower of Life

This picture uses the Flower of Life symbol that is part of Sacred Geometry. A central circle is surrounded by 6 overlapping circles of the same size. Each circle has a 6-petaled 'flower' embedded in it, but the white flower in the central circle is dominant. The same pattern is extended outward in all directions. I also used the Flower of Life motif in my picture 'Psalm… more

Kosmic DNA

When the Sefirot are presented in the Tanya (the classic text from the first Lubavitcher Rebbe) they are called 3 Mothers and 7 Doubles. The 3 Mothers refer to the three higher Sefirot. The Seven Doubles refer to the seven lower Sefirot. However, the original source of the terms Three Mothers and Seven Doubles is the Sefer Yetzirah, where the 22 Hebrew Letters are presented as three… more

Waves and Particles

I made this Tree of Life Diagram diagonal to hint at the shape of the first Letter א Aleph. The 11th Sefirah, Daat, has a black dot to make it stand out, because it is the interface between the 3 higher Sefirot associated with the mind, and the 7 lower ones associated with the body. The Sefirot are spoken of as emanations of God's Light. א Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew word… more

The Abuhav Synagogue

The Abuhav Synagogue is one of the most beautiful synagogues in Safed. Rabbi Yitzchak Abuhav was a leader of the Spanish Jewish community expelled from Spain in 1492. He died on his way to the Holy Land. The synagogue was built by his students to house his personal Torah scroll which is still read three times a year. A legend claims that this synagogue was actually built in Spain… more

The Big Bang

Albert Einstein said “Science without Religion is lame, and Religion without Science is blind.” The Kabbalists have always seen the two as complementary rather than contradictory. The cosmology of Kabbalah and of Modern Science can also be seen as complementary perspectives. In the Kabbalah, the Creation of the Universe is spoken of as a contraction of God’s Infinite Light.… more

Thirteen Sefirot

There are several different forms the Tree of Life Diagrams. In the ones based on the teachings of Rabbi Isaac Luria (the Ari), Daat (Knowledge) is not counted as one of the 10 Sefirot, because Daat is the ‘outside’ of Keter and the ‘inside’ of Tiferet. Another way of saying that is, Daat is the interface between the (3 Sefirot of the) mind and the (7 Sefirot of the) body. In those… more

Chaos and Order

To create this picture I first put down many layers of acrylic paint in a random chaotic pattern of brush strokes without any intentional plan or order. Then I put down horizontal stripes of acrylic paint watered-down until it is transparent. Chaos always underlies Order. Chaos is also bigger and more interesting than Order. The Kabbalah teaches about the Primordial World… more

Pastoral Scene

This is an imaginary landscape I made with many layers of watered-down acrylic paint. It has the feeling of a pastoral scene here in the Galilee, and the choice of colors was definitely influenced by the local landscape. There are no hidden symbols and nothing Kabbalistic here.

THE ARTIST DAVID FRIEDMAN

I immigrated to Israel in 1977 at the age of 20, and spent two years studying Torah in Jerusalem, where I met my wife, Miriam. We got married in 1979 and moved to Zefat.

In Zefat, I mostly immersed myself in the study of the Talmud and other classic texts of Judaism as well as Kabbalah, but I continued to make art at night.

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